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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-17

virgin and the arms of the city and
the date of the victory.
When the ten horses have been Sc
lectcd, which is done about five days
before the race, the intervening time
Is occupied in training the horses and
riders to make the circuit of the dam
gerouS track at top speed. The horse
that can hug the rail the best and
Swcrve the least in making the turns
usually has the best chance. But
that makes little difference In the
waGerS. Each coutradc stands 10y
ally by its horse. no matter how GER
tain Il loser he may be.
When the morning OF the day Of
the race comes around each horse is
taken to the church of contradc it
represents and blessed. Each con
trade has Il tribune. or stand, erected
the race. They march to the stand
! in separate professions, and heading
each contraGc is a group Of gorgeouSly
attircd banner bearers clad in the
costumes of the middle ages. They
bear in triumph the banners won in
previous struggles, and the flags of
all the cities and towns which were
once subject to the republic of
Siena.
Following the banner bearers comes
the horse which will race. He is LED
by his rider and attended by twelve
assistants. All of them are gaily
dressed and the horse is almost
smothered in cloud Of richly EN-
hroidcred harness. saddle cloths and
other paraphernala. All the time
the rank and file Of tie contradc are
cheering for its horse ana the rival
cries make a fearful Oproar. The
banner bearers lis they near the
scene Of the race begin a peculiar
dance, waving the banners and
| frightening the eXcitahle horses until
they dance about in a wild frenzy.
All the SuperfuouS harness is then
removed from the horses and soon
they are ready for the race. Each
rider is handed long whip. which
rather strangely. is not to be used on
Z his own horse. but for a more etfec-
i've service that Of beating back the
rival horses by switching them across
tho face IN ing the race. This would
make an American raccgner start 4
riot, but the Italians regard il as part
Of Jockeys education. and the man
who Il expert in the work Of foulinl
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-17

heart of the city being surrounded
by public buildings, churches and
dwellings,. 1t is in the form of a half
circle, narrow in some places and
wide IN Others and exceedingly dam
gcrous because of the streets, which
run into It, The straight line running
from one side of the circle 20 the
other, makes two very dangerous
turns for the horses and in rounding
these sharp corners they frequently
rum into the houses on the other side
of the street. AS some serious acct
dents have happened, the fronts of
these houses are now padded with
bed mattresses, so when Il horse
gallopS hcadlong into Them, his rider
has soft spot to fall into. II the
suburban were run around the Seven
tronth street end Of Madison square
in New York it would be much the
same rs the race in Siena.
The palio breeds the must Intense
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-17
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AFrERM A1II.

w. w. Storey, the famous Ameri-
can sculptor is dead.
!. Kier HalMic tells the miners mt
Butte, Mont, that lie is not m anar-
Chist but "A socialist.
Two lives were lost in a North Da-
kota prairie fire and good deal Of
property destroyed.
edward Anderson, In Jail at Hast
Ings, Mimi, for the murder OF his
niece, committed suicide.
A jury disagreement IS the result
Of George H. Elders trial at Duluth
on the charge Of cmbczzlcmcEt.
The steamer ST. Paul takes the place
Of The Paris Oh the line while the lat
ter steamer is being oycrIauIcd.
The federal government will at
tempt to prevent Corbc1t and FiiZ-
simmons from lighting in Indian ter
rltory
The socialist congress opened at
RrcsInu, Germany, and the principal
speaker predicts the collapse Of the
empire.
only one Indictment that Of Il Chi
cago legislator results from the brb-
cry Investigation in the Illinois lcgis-
laturc.
Three deaths result from the we'd
ding feast poisoning at Sabula, Iowa,
and eighty are Ill, eleven Of them be.
ing expected to die.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-17

another horse, is esteemed a fine
rider.
A pistol shot starts the horses on
the race. The jockeys shout like
fiends, the horses wabble all over the
little track, the multitudes 90 mad,
the riders commit a hundred fouls
and, in short time the race is over.
The man on the winning horse never
stops urging his mount until he is
safe in front of the cOntrade he rep
resents. and he implores his people
to protect him against the vengeance
of the beaten ones. The women and
men kiss the horse and the jockey
and surrounding the latter, carry him
on their shoulders to the judges
where they see that he ID awarded the
much-cOveted banner.
The festival continues for two days,
the people Of the victorious contrade
spending much money IN entertaining
their defeated friends.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-17
4 NEW DAUGHTER REBELS. .

The "ncw daughter" Of one of the
most pronouu"rdly new women
Washington possesses is going away
to 4 school where the ncwncrSS of
young women Ia fostcred and allotted.
She Is going h. the University of
Minnesota. where the girls rs we'll as
the boys wear uniforms, and are
drilled by West Point graduate. She
will march and mark time. and do the
manual Of arms with Il wooden gun
just rs the boys do, and twice a week
rcal gunIl gun with real powder
aud shot In II. and shoot at target.
She has been very enthusiastic over
the prospcctor rather she waS until
she saw Il picture of the uniform a
shapeless gray and blue monstlnsity
made up Of a full, short skirt and a
herrogged sailor blouse. She looked
Mt 1t in silence for few minutes
Then she said:
Well good heavens! DO have t.
wear that?"
And don't believe she's any nerNiel
| than the rest Of us
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-17
TIE MODERN ALClIEM lST

In the utilization Of waste the mod
cIn scientist ls practically converting
into cash value what hitherto has
been Of no commercial value ut all.
Applied science has, in fact, worked
out transformations as marvellous rs
those attempted by ancient naglclans,
and rs valuable as would have been
the studies Of the alchcmiSt had that
class Of patient students succeeded In
the trAnsmutatiOn Of gold from the
coarScst matter put up IN their mys-
FERROUS crucibIcS. 1t has ovcr-lappcd
their aims and superseded their vi
Slons, In nearly all branches Of In
duSlry what was once waste Is now
Of value, and as composition forces
lab0r-SavinE machinery to the front,
the economies of the SltuatO have
evolved subsidiary sources of both
| profit and employment. 1t is in this
intcrActing sense that the movement
Of ONE cog wheel becomes the motive
power of another, with men rs with
machines. Stag, once Il nuisance IN
iron works and mines, has become an
article Of commerce and is being rap
Idly adapted to various forms Of ser
vice. 1t Is made into bricks, shingles,
glASS and sand, each Of which in its
place amt for It's purpose has distinct
and industrial value. Anthracite culm,
once dumped in the uclghborhood of
mines, iilllnE up raNincT and rising IN
llnSiEhtly heaps Hike uauhS of tar on
the slope of the hills and the level Of
| sivcly. BY various devices ii is burn
cd under boilers, and in the manu-
| facture of hriQurtS aud the production
OF water GaS ii is being wrought into
| commercial value. In what are now
known aS the by-products OF many
staple industries applied science has
been and is still hand and hand with
economy and industrial expansion. In
the disposal Of the street SWccplnGS
and aSh-him refuse of large cities sci
cnrc has stepped in with It's magical
! wand. and with cindrr and ashes,
vegetable, animal and mineral mat
! tcr', etc, Is raising steam and giving
! electric lighting To streets, workshops
and homes. From coal tar we are cN-
/ un, ting colors and chemical ingrcdi-
cnlS useful to the pharmacist, the
farmer aud the dyer. The list might
be indefinitely extended from the
utilization of the most ignohle forms
of refuse and waste, to those which
| TO- centuries have been undiscovered
sources Of revenue, till the modern
SciCltlSt revealed the method OF trans
mutlng rubbish into value and waste
into cash. 1t iS likely chat In this
comparatively new field Of science,
the future will have much moro to
show OF new methods and OF added
sources Of industrial expansion and
revenue. Age OF Steel.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-17

outside foe that the comrades COM
bined to conquer the enemy. When
not fighting with outsiders, they,
like many families, fought among
themselves, and the rivalry to surpass
each other in all things was most
fierce. This rivalry has been handed
down from one generation to the
other and is as intense today as ever.
In its most prosperous times the city
had fifty-nine comrades, but today
there are but seventeen.
AS the most peaceful way of SET
tling the vexed question Of the SUI
periority Of one contrade over all the
others, some master mind nine or ten
centuries ago hit upon horse race;
each contrade to enter a horse and
trust the rest to Dame Fortune, for
there never was bigger gamble
than a horse race in Siena. The
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-17

Citizens OF Guatemala have formed
a secret compact to prevent armed or
other intervention to force the republic
to enter Il Central American fedora
tion.
Cuban deputies adopted constltu-
ton, formally proclaimed the indie
pendence of Cuba and elected presl-
dent, vice president and cabinet for
the permanent government.
Athens reports that affairs in Crete
are very unsettled. Many murders
have recently been committed; robber-
les and Others acts Of laWleSSness are
frequent. The governor has offered
his resignation.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-17
TIE ORCHARD ORIOLE.

\ very pretty little story comes from
Hartford. and it is true. y nest of
the orchard oriole improperly called
the English robin'D was discovered
by the owner of the lot, whose child
wanted the young birds, and the child
was duly era titled. The nest was
taken home to the delight Of the child
and the grief of the parent birds, and
the tiedglings We're placed in a cage
outside the house. To the surprise OF
the person who had put them there,
he found, one day, that the mother
bird had discovered her lost children,
and was feeding them through the
wire of the cage. This proof of par
entail affection in a bird was confin-
ued till at length the person who had
removed the nest from it's place and
put 1T in the cage was moved TO re-
store it to its place ON the tree. With
the Young birds iii it, The unhonnded
delight Of the old birds proved a full
compensation for the sense Of hiS-or,
rather his childs-loss. by the restora-
ton Of the young birds to their
mother.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-17

autagonSm in Siena In the carry
history Of Siena AS republic. II was
divided into about forty comrades
which corresponds to the wards or
districts Of an American city But III
the OLD days each contradc WAS lit
tie city III itself having separate
municipal laws. a separate church.
aud a separate treasury. 1t was only
when Siena WAS threatened by an
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-17
ELSEWHERE .

Consuls In China telegraph for war
ships.
Eighteen hundred SpaniardS are ~
ported TO have defeated $500 CuhanS
Members Of the Ranco party, aided
by cX-rehelS from Rio Glande do Sui.
Brazil, started revolution in l'ru-
quay.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-10
PURE
CANDIDATES.

T ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for
L Mayor of this city at the election May
23, and ask the votes Of my fellow citizens.
Respectfully,
ap17 tc PAUL r EVANS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-10
Alexaottarise 6spzette.

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ments.
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GEatersd az the pcstofiice Alexandria, Virgin.
ie, SIS second-class matter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-10

AN oLe ANe RELIABLE TONIC 49,
Better than Ouinine Pleasant and Effective. No
Ringing in the head Cures Malaria and all malarial
troubles Persons suffering with Rheumatism or Gen
.al Debility. have Malaria in their System. Never
allow your system to run down; many other troubles
II. liable to follow ARABIAN BITTERS will cure
YOU Give you an appetite. Make you rest well.
Strengthen and builI you up. For Coughs. Colds
or Influenza nothing better!
Arabian Manufacturing Co.,
1909 H Street. WASHINGTON. D. I
Wholesale Agents:
s. Ieadbeater & Sons, Wholesale Drug.
gists; ]. Broders & Co., Wholesale Grocers,
Alexandria,. Va
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-10
ESTABLISHED 73 YEARs.l
The Old Established Firm of
JOSIAH III. d. SMooT

offers to the trade, and those contemplating
building, the following, which is offered at
the very lowest prices:
100000 feet Of Lumber of all kinds and
100000 Cypress and White Pine Shingles.
100000 Laths,
And much larger supply of Doors, Glazed
Sash, Blinds Lime Cement and Plaster than
is usually carried in this State.
We have secured the services-of an ex-
perienced mill man, who has thoroughly over.
hauled all our machinery and placed it in
first-cass condition This, in connection with
some valuable improvements made to our
plant places us in better shape for furnishing
first-class work, with promptness, than ever
before. Our employees are sll experienced
men, and we do not hesitate to guarantee the
workmanship and quality of our productions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-10
For Over Fifty Years.

ANOLp AND WELL-TRIED REMEDY.-Ms.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup hes been used for
over fifty years by millions of mothers for
their children while teething, with perfect
success. 1t soothes the child, softcns the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and is the
best remedy for Disrrhea. Is pleasant to the
TASTE Sold by Druggists in every part OF the
world. Twenty-Five cents bottle. Its value
is incalculable. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup and take no other kind.
oct12 go od&w1yr
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-10
MEDICINAL.
smALL BUT EFFECTIVE,

U.s tbe little Monitor that met the Merr1.
oec ~,r at Hampton Roads. So too are DR..
P-rces Pleasant Pellets, effective in conquer
inr The enemy-disease. When you take a
nj; its an important point to have them
ttm,all-provided they have equal strength
and efficacy. You find what you want In
th.se The little liver pills OF DR.. Pierce. They're
MI up in a better way, and they act in a
tet.er way, than the huge old fashioned pills.
What you want when you're "an out Of
s5rts grumpy, thick-headed and take a
gloomy view Of life, is these Pellets to clear
M your system and start your liver into
bsalthful action. Sick Headache, Bilious
Headache, Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks, and all arrangements Of the liver,
stomach and bowels, are prevented, relieved,
and cured. Put up in sealed glass walls, and
aTayS fresh and reliable.
JAMES WILLIAM CRAIG. ESQ, of GcorGeto1cn.
Ei.. says: My wife thinks your little Pei
3 are the greatest pills out"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-10
INK ANDRTA VA FRIDAY EVENING, MAY To- 1895
DRY GOODS.
DRY GOODS.
A WORD ABOUT LADIES
SILK
Shirt v ais IS.

A fact that you are perhaps
not aware of. Do you know
that we are manufacturers of
these goods ? True it is that
we have one of the largest
shirt waist factories in this
country. Our plant is in Phil
adelphia. We employ a large
force of hands and supply the
representative houses Of the
| country with our product.
Therefore does it not appea
reasonable that our prices must
be right and below competi-
ton? You do not pay the
middleman's profit. You are
buying direct from the manu-
facturer and paying only a
small advance above first cost.
Our goods are all made over
LIVING MODELS by expert hands
and a fit is guaranteed. The
workmanship is unexcelled. In
consequence of these facts we
are warranted in asserting that
we can sell you a waist com
plete at the price you pay for
the material alone. Don't be-
lieve us come in and convince
yourselves.
The leader is the one at
$500. 1t would not be high at
$6 in fact that is the regular
price. Made out of changea-
bic Tahfete Silk. 1t contains $
yards. The retail price of the
silk is 75c per yard. An inn
mense variety of others of
equal good values. We wont
attempt to describe them it
would not do them justice; you
would not understand; you
must see them fer yourselves.
We have plenty Of the new
very popular Linen Chime
settes SO extensively worn.
All styles, all grades, all
prices. Your attention is in
vited
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-10
Rudy,s Pile suppository

is guaranteed to cure PILES and CoNsTrPA-
TION, or money refunded. 80 cents per box.
Send stamp for circular and Free Sample to
MARTIN Rudy, Lancaster, Pa. For sale by
all first-clsss druggists.
E.. s. LEADBEATER & SONS,
Wholesale Agents,
my16 1yr Alexandria Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-10
CAT AR RI
COLD 'A HEAD

sEIT M oseas eREA and COLD M HEAD
eanses the Nasal Passages, Allays Pain AID
lfammation Heals the so-es, Protects the
Membrane from Colds, Restores the SENSES Of
Ta,i, md smell. The Balm is quickly alb
.orbad and gives relief at once. Price 90
cents At Druggists or by m vii.
ELY BRO1 HERS, 65 Warren street, New
r,rl,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-10

MEAsURER OF WOOD AND BARK.
I'VE In announcing myself candidate for
the above mentioned office, I most rcscect-
fully solicit the support of my fellow citizens
at the Gle ton to be held May Esd.
sp23 1m% ecCHARLES DEARBORN.
T HEREBY announce myself :. candidate
4 for the City Council frt m TIC 18th ward at
the election to be held May 23rd.
apo lw w. &. COLEMAN (coloretD.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-10
GREETINGS.

DUESrANT to Section ., article ,, of TIC
Z By-I avs, regular meeting Of the stock
holders Of the T;ROTr RAPID TRANSIT
COMPANY will be held at The Office of James
B. Cation, esq, No. III south Fairfax street,
Alexandria, Va, ON TUESDAY, the 14th day
of May 1895, at . o'clock p. d., for the cleo
tion Of directors to serve for the ensuing year.
p. 2. LITTLE,
NV Ivy Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-10
READ THIS

Chemist and Professor Of Chemistry
and Toxicology, Mciical
College of Virginia.
LABORATORY or STATE AssAYEE AND CHEM
IsT.
Richmond, Va, May ., 1895.
Mr. c. T. Bronn, Richmond, Ia:
Dear Sir Il haze a'a yzed the Tivoli Hof-
brau Beer, manufactured by the Robert Port
ner Brewing Company, Of Alexandria, Va,
and find that it is pare and, in AL respects of
excellent quality. 1t IS unexceptionable as a
beverage, and recommend it especially for
medicinal use.
VIM. II. TAYLOR, NJ. D.,
State Assayer and Chemist.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-10

NyHooPING COUGH sYRUP.-We have
w been making the above Syrup and re
commencing it for several years and take
pleasure in calling attention to it. We this
day received the following order from one Of
our citizens: "Please give bearer two bot
ties of your WHOOPING COUGH MEDI-
CINE. It beats all other remedies. I would
not be without it if it cost $5 per bottle"
f. S. LEADREATEp Il SONS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-10
DIRECTIONS
FOR USING
CREAM BALM

Apply particle of the
Balm well up into the
no,tr Is After a mo-
ment draw a strong
b-eath through the
nose. Use three times
8 dag, after meals pre-
ierre(i, and before re-
,!riug.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-10-01
Fishermen,s Oncer WAYS.

Fishermen have queer customs. A
few years ago the fishermen Of Preston,
Lancashire, used actually to go fishing
on Sunday. 1t seems incredible. but
they did. A clergyman of the town used
TO preach against this Sabbath desecra-
ticn and pray that they might catch no
fish. And they did not. Blu. they found
out how to make his prayers of 10 avail.
The fishermen used to make little
eftigy Of the rarson in rags and pat this
small guy" up their chimneys. While
his reverence was slowly smoked and
consumed the fish b;t-like anything -
London Fishing Gazette.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-10-01
Forms of Incrcdulity.

Consider the great multitude of Chris
tians who are constitutionally incapable
of believing that there can be good in
any other religious system than thcil
own. How many Protestants are ther,
who hold it incredible that any good
thing can come out OF Rome? Can you
number the Romanists who are withou,
faith in anything the Protestants evel
did?
A similar popularity is Seen in races
There are many Irishmen who can be
Eeye in nothing but Saxon "perfidy, =
many Poles who can believe in nothin;
but Russian ''wickedness, many Bo
herians who can believe i'll nothing bu
tho German brute" and many Eng
Gshmcn who can believe in nothing ba
the "unspeakable" Turk. All the Yeal
Round
Rock Island Argus., 1895-10-01
The Influence of Pcrsia.

To understand the relation of Mussul-
man rule to religious and intellectual
freedom we must note the influence Of
the conquest of Persia on the Arab
mind. When the invaders took the cap
ital city of Khosru, they did not know
the value Of booty. Some offered to OK
change gold for silver, and others mis-
took camphor for sulphur. They came
like swarlns of half starved locUsts to
devCur the land. They were banditti of
the desert, with no culture but the in-
spiratiun of the clans. Tho only idea Of
government in these tribes was the
leadership Of age and valor, as repre-
scutci Ia the shaii., with natural mix
turC q hereditary respect. On the death
Cf =: .a!...n!mod they broke into rebellion.
1sIIll really came on the world like a
fierce descent Of desert clans Oh their foes.
Mo,aInmed's ideal of government
was jastt to send his governors through
Arabia 20 establish Islam and then to
collect tribute from the poor i'll camcls
and sheep; also as plunder to meet tho
expense Of his campaign. Under these
circumstances it was an absolute Ieces-
sity for the founders Of the Mussulman
empi,c III tho east 10 adopt III the main
the financial and administrative expert
ence Of their more cultured subjects.
Arabic names, customs, language, rites,
penetrated the empire, but under their
external forms appeared the native
ideas and methods Persians We're the
leaders and shapers Of Islamic culture.
The simple Arabs learned Of these
larger brains and more sensrous irag-
nations. music, architecture, sculpture,
philosophy, wine aud fine apparel. Per-
slams were the real founders and teach.
ers of the great academic clubs and
schools. - Johnson's Oriental Reli-
gions."