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MEETINGS.
V TOTICE.-General meeting of Tie stock
y holders of THE WASHINGTON REAL
E,SrArE COMPANY

MTOTICE.-General meeting of tie stock
y holders of THE WASHINGTON REAL
ESTATE COMPANY.
We, the undersigned stockholders Of the
Washington Real Estate Company, holding
together more than one-tenth ll-lO) OF the
capital stock Of said company. do hereby call
q general meeting of the stockholders of said
company 10 be held at No 10 south Fairfax
street, Alexandria, Va, SATURDAY, August
2jth, l|91 at II O'Clock a m. for the pur-
poses following. to-wit:
First. To amend section one ~ of article
FIVE OF the Constitution OF said company,
50 AS to make sid section one read as
follows
"The annual meetings shall be held in the
city Of Alexandria. State of Virginia on the
third t3rdJ Monday IN October of each and
every yctr. the first of said annual meetings
to be held on the third Ord Monday of Octo
ber sol; and at the annual meetings. in
GLIDING first said annual meeting, the officers
and directors mentioned in section one a.
OF article six O. Of this Constitution shall be
elected: aud TO constitute quorum for the
transaction OF any business. there must be
present those who can give majority of all
the votes which could be given by all the
Stockholders
Secondly. to amend section three 3 of ar
tice nine o of the constitution of said COM
pany, so as to make said section three (3)
re al rs follows:
The attorney shall be a member of the
blr of the supreme Court of the District of
Columbia and shall reside in Washington
D. c. He shall perform such duties as the
board of directors may from time to time 1e-
quirc, aud he shall not be eligible as any Off
Ger mentioned in section one ~ of article six
(6j of this constitution.
We also give notice that at said general
meeting herein before called we intend offer
ing resolution removing the then five di-
rectors. members of the board of directors of
said company, and TO proceed forthwith to fill
1hc vacancies caused by such removal
JOHN D. MONELL,
j AUGUSTUS TAYLOR,
AUG CRANE. JR,
HENRY l.. BALLENTINE,
JOHN II. WALTER.
Washington, D. c. July 18th, 1891.
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AUCTION SALES.
By R. F. Knox, Auctioneer.


pY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
lD bearing date on the 22nd day of De-
cember, 1892, from George C. Videtto and
wife, and recorded in the land records of
Alexandria city. Va, in liber %, page 119, and
at the request of the creditor secured, the
undersigned trustee therein, will sell at pub
lie auction, in front of the Market House on
Royal street, at 3 o'clock m, on
SATURDAY,
the 4th day of August 1894,
the following described real estate in the city
of Alexandria, Va. to wit:
Beginning on the east side Of West street
sixty-two feet seven inches south of Queen
street and running thence south on West
street twelve feet thence east parallel with
Queen street one hundred and thirteen feet
five inches to an alley ten feet wide; thence
north on said alley twelve feet, and thence
west in direct line one hundred and thir-
teen feet five inches to the point of beginning
with the use of said alley, together with the
dwelling house and Improvements thereon.
Terms of Sale: Cash S54345, the residue
in one, two and three years. Title to be re-
tanned until all the purchase money is paid.
Conveyancing at the cost Oft the purchaser. a
deposit of $25 will be required of the pur
chaser. j. X. NJ. NORTON,
jy25 I'd Trustee
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Marcclla, two volumes by Mrs. Humprey
Ward.
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G. McClcland.
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Winter.
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An Initial Experience, by Capt. Chas. King
A Soldiers Secret by Capt. Chas. King.
Foes In Ambush by Capt. Chas. King.
Two Offenders, by Ouida.
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nly16 Tyr

TIE BREATH of a chronic catarrh patient
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of disgust After time liberation sets in,
the spongy bones are attacked. and frequent
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is the dripping of the purulent secretions in-
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A SPECIAL MEETING of the Stockhold-
Z or. of the BROTT ELECTRIC ELE-
VACGD BICYCLE RAILWAY COMPANY
will he held at the Office of James Il. Cation.
south Fairfax street Alexandria. Va. on the
FIFrEEENTH DAY OF AUGUST, 1891,
Mt > O'Clock D. m. to take action on a PROPOSE
ton TO in rcase the capital stock of the com
pany Also to increase the treasury stock and
10 change the name of the company. By
order OF the Board of Directors
?. p. LITTLE.
iy12 BOT Secretary.
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times were so acute GS
TO render life a burden. I
began using DIR. Pierce's
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used seven bottles in rs
many months and de-
rived so much benefit
from it and the home
treatment recommend
cd in his Treatise on
Diseases of Women, that
! wish every woman
throughout our land,
suffering in the same
way. may be induced to
give your medicines and
treatment q fair trial"
g Favorite PreScrip-
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ROBERT W. FRENCH,
All & 419 King street.
D7ssCLUTIoN OF Co.pARTNERsHIp.

Notice is hereby given that the partnership
lately subssting between HERMAN II. POHL
and THOMAS S. ROUSE heretofore carrying
on trade in the city of Alexandria. Virginia
under firm name of ROUSE Il POHL, has on
this 26th day of July, 1894, been dissolved
by mutual consent All debts due and owing
to the said partnership are to be received by
the said THOMAS S. ROUSE and all persons
to whom the said partnership stands indebted
are requested Immediately to send in their
respective accounts TO the said Thomas 5.
Rouse in order that the same may be exam
ined and paid. The said Thomas S. Rouse as
sumes all the Indebtedness OF said co partner
ship, and is authorized TO sign and receipt for
all debts due and owing 10 the same.
HERMAN H. POHL,
Jy2l If T. S ROUSE
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iy26 1y
Va. Agricultural & Mechanical College,
AT BLACKSRuRG VA

Twenty-Five Instructors. Thoroughly equip
ped Shops. Laboratories and Infrmary.
Farm Of 33S acres. Steam Heating and
Electric Lights in Dormitories. Degree
courses in Agriculture, Horticulture, Civil.
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Ap-
piled Chemistry and General Science. Short
er courses in Practical Agriculture and Prac-
tical Mechanics Total cost for session of
nine months, including tuition and other fees,
clothing, board, washing textbooks. medical
attendance, etc, about $3.50 Cost to State
students $3.50. Next session begins Septem-
Der 21st 1894. For Catalogue apply to
j. NJ McBRYDE, PHI. d., L. D.
iy14 tsep21 President
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BY r. T. Knox. Anctioneer.

pY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST,
D bearing date on the 22i day of Decem-
Der, 1892, from George C. Videtto and wife,
and recorded in the land records of Alexan-
dria city, Va, in libcr No. 2S page 549, and
at the request of the creditor secured the un-
dersigned, trustee therein, will! sell at public
auction, in front of the Market House on Roy
al street. at ~ o'clock M, on
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the Ath day of Anpllst 1904

the 4th day of August, 1894,
the following described real estate in the city
of Alexandria, Va; to wit:
Beginning on the cast side of West street
fifty feet seven inches south of Queen street,
and running thence south on West street
twelve feet; thence east parallel with Queen
street one hundred and thirteen feet five
inches to ten feet alley; thence north on
said alley twelve feet. and thence west in a
direct line one hundred and thirteen feet five
inches to the point of beginning, with the use
of said alley, together with the DWELLING
HOUSE and Improvements thereon.
Terms of Sale: Cash S543.4 40 the residue
in one, two and three years. Title to be re-
tanned until all the purchase money is paid.
Conveyancing at the cost of the purchaser A
deposit of $50 will be required of the pur-
chaser. j. X. VI. NORTON,
iv2D I'd Trustee
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COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND NARY,

WILLIAMSBURG, VA,
Next session begins October 4th, 1894.
The Oldest College in the South. Provides a
thorough normal and academic training His
torical surroundings. Healthy climate. Forty
eight miles from Richmond on the Chesa-
pcake and Ohio Railroad. Terms cheap. Ex-
penses for Students willing to teach two years
in the Public Schools of Virginia, board, fuel,
lights and washing SO per month. Other
Students from $12 to S14 per month Medical
fee So. Tuition fee charged against each
Student not willing to take a pledge to teach,
$3.50 per half session Send for Catalogue.
LYON G. TYLER,
President.
iy2O 1awtoct /
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A GENERAL MEETING of the stock
IN holders of the COLUMBIA CHEMICAL
CONP}NY will be held at twelve o'clock
noon at the office Of James L. Cation, attorney
at l,w. / I south Fairfax street, Alexandria.
Virg MIA. on MONDAY, the Goth day of Au-
gust. S9l for The transaction of such busi
ncs, as may be brought before the meeting.
NJ LAMA,
i,2O I'd Secretary.
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MEDICINAL.
aaAuE LIFE a sURDEN

Miss G. T. CRAWFORD, of Limestone, Ne,
writes: For years suffered monthly from
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EDUCATIONAL.
POTOMAC ACADEMY
ALEXANDRIA. VIRGINIA

~Ai@-AA4NOhla. NlhG1NlA,
A Boarding and Day School for Bows. The
Twenty-sixth Annual Session viii begin
SEPTEMBER 18TH, 1894. Pupils PREPARED
for College, University or Business. Direct
representatives Of this school in the Universi.
ty OF Virginia have taken thirteen degrees
and forty three diplomas in that institution.
For Catalogues. address
JOHN S. BLACKBURN.
jy2S go sep12
OFFlCE OF CITY SUPT OF SCHOOLS.
" ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 26, 1894.
In obedience to the instructions of the
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, the an
nual examination for Teachers will be held
in Room No l, Washington School Building,
south Washington street as follows:
For White Teachers, July 31st and August
1st.
For Colored Teachers, August 7th and Sth.
The examination will begin on each day at
8 o'clock a. m
All persons proposing to stand this exami.
nation will present themselves promptly on
the days and at the hour named supplied
with pens, ink and paper of uniform size
legal cap preferred.
X. KEMPER,
City Superintendent of Schools
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Rudr,s Pile suppository

is guaranteed to cure PILES and CoNsTlPA-
TIoN. or money refunded. 5occnts per box
Send stamp for circular and Free Sample to
MARTIN RUDY, Lancaster, Pa. For sale by
all irst-class druggists.
E.S. LEADBEATER & SONS,
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- EDUCATIONAL. EDUCATIONAL
Rand0Ip ph-lIacon Colleges and Academies.
EDUCATIONAL.
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WILLIAM W. SMITH, AM, LID, President.


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FOR SALE AND RENT.

Des Moincs street, Brightwood Park, D. C
jy14 Is
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COOD ROASTED COFFEE, freshly roast
VI ed at my store, and for sale at 25c at
J. C. MILBURN'S.
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-12
HELP wASrED MALE.

WANTED FOUR BoYs OF GOOD ADDRESS,
w for employment alternoo between tho
ho-rs OF 4 and g. Call at Office OF THE NEWS at
4p s-St
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-12

These five sledges contain nearly all of our
2,200 pounds of man food, and also our
250 pounds of alcohol. The method which
we have adopted for packing our alcohol
is' certainly a now one. On the 5iedges
Nordenskjold and Peary are two alumni
ium cases of rectangular shape, tight and
strong. Within each Of these casesare a
dozen cans Of tin, completely filing the
aluminium compartments. Each can con
tains % pounds of alcohol, except one,
which has small quantity of brandy In
It, III the tin cans leak their precious con.
tents, the aluminium cases will hold the
fluid. IL the case should bo broken In
severe accident, perhaps no more than one
or two of the cans would be fractured, and
instead Of losing IA large quantity of alco
hol we should lose very little. Again, by
siphoning from but one can at time we
prevent much of the loss by evaporation,
which usually attends the drawing of al
cohol. This is our only fuel, and It's loss
would ruin us. We feel that We have
thrown about 10 every possible precautiOn.
We arr To sleep in our boats under avn
ings OF light waterproof. These we boz
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-12
"NO TE0RCUGHFAREs"
A General Survey of tho Sit aation Followed
by n Decision TO Take TO the leo.
iaAa ,.

"A General Survey of tho Sit nation Followed
by n Decision TO Take TO the leo.
copyright. 1884, by Walter Wellman. All
rights reserved1
SUNDAY, May 20.--Ollcor Of the day,
Professor French.
A sledge party, with Mr.. Dodge in
charge, started n little after noon today for
the Parry and MartOn islands, 2 miles to
the east, for tho purpose Of ascending tho
mountain There and examining with .
glass the ice 20 the east aud north. In the
event of continued dolay bere at Walfcn
Island we hopo 90 find 1Utter route to t.io
north aast over the fast icc which lies 10
tweun The Seven islands and thc northeast
land OF the condition of the ice haze No
are wei sat fled. 40 = favorable for tray
cl except as the rising teiuperGturp makes
its surface soft anu slushy. The question
is what lies farther north h-w hether
screwed up drift leo or solid pack in heavy,
smoother does Captain PedersGn Ind
the sailor Boervig ware assigned 70 the
journey, and Csp,ain Bottelfsen volun-
tecrod 10 20 also, of which we were very
glad because Of his skill in tho Judgment
Of Ice. Tho party took an aluminium
sledge, three man sleeping hag. small
cook machine with "A bottloof spirits, food
and guns After an hour spent in cross
ing the pressed up ice and hills of Walden
island the party struck out over tho smooth
leo lying between the islands. This ice is
about four feet thick, covered with six inch
esof snow, and 1t * smooth hecausc " las
been fast 20 tAo shore all winter and has
not been driven To and fro by the wind
and screwed" into fragments piled high
upOn one auofhsr The rarty made good
progress and rca h q the Parry island
ahnDG q IN tho evening. "a No could see
with glass from he heiy yhts Of Walden
island
Today We lost two u, our best dogs
PiGri BUS proved - nave becn 50 badly hurt
tlst " was rC,CssSry 40 shoot him, and
thin an hlDr noiec, an ugly looking
BIS very scrvico tblc dog. was brought ON
deck suffering iron IL shtfui nunus m
nic.ed IN concat with - fellows. a iGl-
let from a revolver put ~ sri u his "a
fcer. Pll,ribus was tho Ter, sst AID band
soonest dog in the pa6s. OF ucarl. ruge ST
Be1narl breed, ani his los was deeply
deplored by all on boari some Of tho
men .nted Co hei3 funsl al srryices over
las remains, buS this pro1o' sion did not
meet with cur tayOI, and ,id Pit ribus was
buried in the IL pack rvi,boIt ceremony.
We made an &C Isi0n today on Skis q
The far end Of Walden laud distance on
opout three miles. Asc, NJ there an
elevation, n most Impressive panorlnis
Wa sprcad out Leiore us-tO tiO east, the
Seven ISLANDS, whore with o glass, we
cOulo easily ZEE our slsGEo p,.tN climbing
he nourtsis az he Parry sleri To the
acrth liable and Littla Table islands, "a
now roniuoslt in tho chror icies of arctic
effort, rose clear and prominent fr0m
amid tho desert Of ice. Far 60 the cast,
Cape Pl0tcu, SO miles distant. seemed so
near that one could easily imagine himself
able " walk thither In few hours BE
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1Couyricht 1874. by Walter wellman. AL
= rtOl.fa r.s.rved. 4

1Copyright, 1884, by Walter wellman. All
rights reserved.l
FRIDAY, May lS.--Ofiicer OF the day,
Professor French.
Our search for m opening In the hoat-
Ing ice yesterday proved unavailing. AIT
tr steaming near all the afternoon and
evening, following three or four promising
leads, all OF which came to an end in heavy
ice, with no higher northing than sO.4s or
so. 56 and n rapid drift TO the west and
kouth, Captain Bottelfsen was compelled
to return TO the land for anchorage to the
khore ice. The wind sprang up stronger
hrom the northeast, and great streams Of
pack leo went by at a rate of fully mile
an hour. We passed the night tied up
some distance north OF Walden island and
early this morning moved farther north,
or very near To our old mooring at Table
island, but the wind then veering almost
10 the north IL brought the ice inshore
hnd made it necessary TO let the ship drift
An order TO keep her free.
j This northeast and northerly storm has
held us here now since Monday, and there
Is no immediate prospect Of better wealth
er. The speed at which the light ice OF
this region moves Is no criterion as to the
drift of tho main pack. lt drives by us
with these high northeasterly winds at n
rate of milo an hour. But 1t is princi-
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yond could 90 seen the faint outlines OF
the Outer Rep and other small islands
which but a few men have ever visited.
TO the northeast one looked in vain for the
ellis Land, which has been twice seen,
but never explored; TO the south, Spitz-
bergen's lofty peaks and deeply indented
coast with its great glacier plateau on
Northeast Land and an ice wall rising
precipitously ], 800 feet high, affording
n line of demarkation between tho low
lands and the eternal ice caps. Farther
we could trace out the coast as far as Yer
legen hook, that coast strewn with the
bleaching bones Of hundreds of thousands
oI walrus which the Norwegian hunters
used to slaughter wholesale upon the land,
and with the graves OF Dutchmen, Non
wegians and Russians who had perished
in the hunt, most of them, however, from
natural causes. On that coast, too, may
be seen pile of rocks which marks the
last camp OF Matthias, veteran who
hunted in the Spitzbergen region for 30
years, at last TO be caught in the late au-
tumn and TO die before spring in his inn
provisod hut. With anxious eyes we looked
far TO the north, toward that region OF
effort and Of sacrifice and Of so many vain
aspirations, and saw nothing but a white
AtAllNU, ollJiuOuS Will thN
elevations with which nature by means of
storms and cold, had written the words,
"No thoToughfare.
With gentle breeze from the south and
west and temperature only few do
grces below the freezing point it was
much too warm for heavy clothing, and
mittens and gloves were cast aside.
Exciting Adventure with a Bear.
MONDAY, May 21.--Oiilcer of the day,
DR.. Mohun.
Our sledge party returned alittle before
noon after "a hours of hard work and
exciting sport. Shortly after reaching
parry's island they saw herd of four
reindeer near the shore. The animals were
almost as white as the snow itself and
very poor. But any sort Of a rein is good
enough for an enthusiastic sportsman, and
our sledgomen aro all enthusiasts in the
chase. Without pausing to consider wheth-