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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-01-15

TN THE Clerks Office of the Circuit Cou I
Il of the county of Alexandria, Va, on the
Goth day of December, 1894.
J. K. III. Norton, plaintiff, against Alexander
Hunter, James Rector Smoot, surviving
partner of the firm of Smoot & Perry, John
P. Robinson, surviving partner of the firm
of George Il. Robinson & Son, George #.
Raub, Alexander Dercourt, David G. Green,
and The First National Bank of Alexan-
dria, Va, defendants.
The object of this suit is tosubject the lands
of Alexander Hunter to the payment of the
judgments and liens thereon.
And an affidavit having been mado and
filed that the defendants, Alexander Dercourt
David G. Green and George T. Raub, are
not residents of the State of Virginia 1t is
ordered, that they do appear here within
Zen DAYS after due publication hereof, and
40 what may be necessary to protect their
interest in this suit and it is futher ordered
that copy hereof be published once week
for four weeks in the Alexandria Gazette,
and that copy be posted at the front door of
the Court House of this county and court
on the first day of the next term of the Coun-
ty Court. A copy-Teste:
HH YOUNG. Clerk.
J.K. NJ. Norton. p. q. dec20w4w
VyIRGINIA:9 In the Clerks Office of the
" Corporation Court Of the city of Alexan-
dria. on fhe 18th day of December, 1894.
James l.. Adams guardian Of Charles A. Mar
tin, vs., AndrewtJ Carson and Ida Carson,
Charles A. Martin, Luther Martin and
Thomas Martin.
Memo: The object Of this suit is to sell
the real estate in. Alexsndria, Va, of which
Charles A. Martin, died seized, now belong
ing to his son, Charles A. Martin.
1t appearing by an affidavit that Luther Mar
tin and Thpniss Martin are non.residents of
this State, it is ordered that said defendants ap-
pear here within fifteen days after due publica-
ton of this order and do what is necessary to
protect their interest in this suit, and that s
copy Of this order be forthwith inserted in
the Alexandria Gazette newspaper publish
cd in the city of Alexandria, once week for
four successive weeks, aud posted at the front
door of the Court House of this city.
A copy-teste: -
JOHN S. BEACH. Clerk.
By ]. T. CALLAHAN, Dep. CIk.
John NJ. johnson, p. g. decl5 w4w
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LOu Rates.

The expense is buta few cents day
many cases very much less than the serV:
performed is worth to the SUBSCRIBER.
More than forty classes OF business are 10 De
found among our subscribers.
If your name is not enrolled consuH your
own interest by subscribing at once. Call on
the manager or send him Tord by postal OF
telephone. and ne will call on you.
WYTHE WHITE, Manager.
C. E. McCLUER,
District Supt., Richmond, Va
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CITY scuFlUfE.
CARS rA.s KtsG AND RoytL Streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-01-15
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

Knights Tempiar, Old Dominion C'mmand-
s,v meets every third Friday Of each month
al Masonic Temple.
ROYAL Arch Chapter: Mount Veraoi Roys
Arch Chapter meets every first Friday Of eaci'
month at Masonic Temple.
Observation-Disclosures Lodge OF NJ.
SONS meets on the second and fourth Thurs
days of each month.
Andrew Jackson Lodge of Masons meets on
the first and third Thursdays Of each month.
Potomac Lodge Of Odd Fellows No. 80,
meets in their hall, on north Columbus street
sve1y Friday night.
Sareuta Lodge L O. o. F., No. As, meets in
their hall, on King street, every Iuea" ~
Marley Encampment, No. 6, meets every
scond and fourth Monday at Odd Fellows g
Hall. north Columbus street
Mechanics Lodge Knights of Pythiss, No.
3. meets every Thursday night in Pythian
HAIL north Pitt street.
Oriental Lodge Knights. OF Pythias meets
every Friday night on north Pitt street.
Alexandria Lodge Z. of p, No. 10, meets
Wednesday nights at Sarepta Hall, King
esreet.
Potomac Tent Rcchabites meets in Sarepta
Hal every Friday night.
Golden Light Lodge of Good Templars
meets in their hail. on south Fairfax street,
every Tuesday evening.
Talisman Lodge Good Templars meets every
Monday night in pythisn Hall, north Pitt
street.
junior Order Rechabites meets every Mon
aay night at Good Teinplars hall. south Fair
ax street -
Refuge Council, Sons of Jonsdab, No. IL,
meets every Monday night ut Sarepta Hall:
Juvenile Templars meets every Saturday
afternoon at Good Templars' Hall south Fair
fax street.
Champion Castle, No. 5, Knights of Golden
Eagle meets every Wednesday night at Good
Templal's hall, south Fairfax street.
Alexandria. Council Royal Arcanum meets
in Potomac Hall room, north Columbus street
second and fourth Tuesday.
Belle Havon Lodge Knights of Honor meets
every first and third Tuesday in Potomac
Lodge room, north Columbus street.
Robert Andrews Division Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers meets first and third
Sunday in Potomac Lodge room.
Osceola Tribe of Red Men, No. 1, imeets
every Thursday night in Sarepta Hall.
Alexsndria Catholic Beneficial Society meets
svery Sunday night in st. Mary's Hall, corner
Roya! and Wolfe streets.
Young MeIs Sodality Lyceum meets every
Sunday night in their hall on Duke street.
der Mechanics meets Wednesday night At
Pythian Hall, north Pitt street.
Alexandria Council, No. 49, j. o. o. a. NJ.
msets Thursdays at Odd Fellows Hall, on
nerth Columbus street.
Rathbone Division, Uniform Rank &. of p,
meets every other Wednesday at Pythian
Castle, Pitt street.
Alexandria Light Infantry meetevery Mon
day night at their Armory, south Royal street.
Confederate Veterans meet first Monday
sisht in each month at Columbis Engine
House.
sons of Confederate Veterans meet first
Wednesday in each month.
Mount Vernon Court, No. 7713, A. O. F.
Of A. meet every Tuesday night at Pythisn
Hall, north Pitt street.
1. o. B. B. meets first Monday in each
month.
Bethel Congregation meets first Sunday Of
every quarter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-01-15
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.

Instant communication By. any subscriber
with any other is furnished any moment, dag
or night.
Each is heard in his own recognized voice,
aud business is transacted with the utmost
saving OF tine.
Communication is also had with Washing.
ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and
many other points thus annihilating distance
and time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-25
Wreckage on the Florida Keys.

The beaches. of these Florida keys
are strewn with timbers just above the
high-water line; knees of ships, sections
of keel, sometimes whole rudders and
cutwaters, heavy planks, parts of every
thing of wood that belongs to ship.
tastes finds Il life-size fgurehead and
sets it up beside his house. 1t looks
to a stranger as though half the ships
atoat must have gone to pieces on the
Florida reefs, Notwithstanding the pro-
cessiOn of lighthouses from Biscayne
bay all the way out to Tortugas. This
wreckage, however, is no evidence of dis
asters on the reefs, for most of it comes
from far countries. Many of the timbers
cay has ruined them and they are fit
only for firewood. Others are weighted
with harnacles, with rusty iron rings,
with old spikes and sometimes with cop
per shea thing. The stuff comes from all
over the western part of the South At
lantic and from the Caribbean sea. The
gulf stream picks it up and carries it
leisurely northward. often leaving it on
the beach of some West India island till
journey again. 1t is carried across the
Caribbean sea and up through the Yucca
tan channel, between Cuba and Yucca
tan, and then sweeps slowly around the
Gulf of Mexico, whence it would so out
through the Florida straits into the At
lantic again if the Florida keys did not
lie in the way. These keys, however.
are directly in it's course, and the fotsam
of the South Atlantic has small chance
to pass them all. The tilnbers are gen
orally in such bad order that they are
not worth taking to Key West for sale;
and as the islanders have little use for
them, fuel not being in great demand
on the edge of the tropics, most Of them
lie OH the beach till they fall to pieces
New York SIM - =! -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-25

Hosmer in Boston the famous sculp-
tress appeared bedecked with as. many
insignia as EuropeanF general Hei
gown vas of velvet and she wore EN-.
lems.presentedt to her by the King of
Bavaria. Russian archduchess and by
societies THROUGHOUT Italy and other for.
Mime. Patti has been telling how she
preserves not only her voice but her
beauty. Il take she says. ''the very.
very best care Of myself and, of every,
detail Of my health. My diet. 10y wines.
my hours Of sleep, Of practice. of recre-
alton are all most thoughtfully arranged
and under absolute regulation, and
never transgress.'
+ Sir Augustus Harris has discovered
and is going to introduce to the public
an Irish singer. Miss Mary Conway
She is a Cork girl, md Cork is becom-
inglygpreud Of her and of her brother,
who provided for her musical education.
AT q recent demonstration in her honor
the mayor said pleasant things about
her.. and her brother was scarcely less
hon0red than she. She will appear
alas for the Emerald Isle! as Mile. Del
rita.
Only three of the $50 canvaxses which
hang in the Louvre portray the cat.
During the last few centuries but four
artists have painted cats well; three
men, Gottfried Mind. a Swiss: Hokusa,
Il japanese: Louis Eugene Lambert, a
Frcnchman, and but one woman, Hen
rictta Ronner of Holland. The reason
for this avoidance of the cat as q sub
ject i'll art is not because of its lack of
charm. beauty or grace-these are add
mitted by everyone-but because of its
difficulty. No living thing is so change
able and variable in cont0nr,in express
sion and in markings sas Shylock' 3
"ha rmiess. necessary cat; and none is,
therefore so difficult of portrayal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-25
p Making Photographs.

Our thoughtful hoy had been closely
watching 4 friend, who had Il .ci.mera.
and finally came to his father for en-
lightellment. What .is>it that can pros
duce on plate an exact picture of any
thing ut'wllich the ctnef., is pointed ?s I
photography" replied the r. father,
''rests, like almost every technical opera
tion,: on IL few simple but very, simpor-
tant facts or laws"
Can understand theln?" 4 s4siS ~
"fes, YOU Gun understand that they
cannot so hack amy farther than the law
itself"
Il don't know what you mean."', ,;..s
, We'll, | mean that after we have dis
covered the law of gravitation. for i'll
stance, So, ~. !. -
"Whut is the law of gravitation:' in
terrnpted, the boy. '"nt " 80 >. Z
'The law of gravity is that every body
of matter attracts every other body.
circling round the earth, instead of flying
off into space and causes the apple, to
fall to the earth when it is loosened
from the tree, shec,iuse of the earths
strong attractive powers" -; :. T-s,s;.t
Then why doesn't the moon fall to the
earth?" = j. .si's:... - I
That's another story, my boy; you
must learn to stick to one subject ut a
time. Wen have a special talk OH as
tronomy some time, but this is photog-
raphy night. We know this law Of gray.
iity to exist, but why, all bodies should
have this attraction we cannot tell. So
much for the laws of nature. Now the
part of photography that is mysterious
to YOU is the fact that light has a pecu-
liar effect on certain chemicals. First.
II glass plate is coated ON one side with
chemical which. is very sensitive to
light. The preparation of this plate
must be done very carefully and in; the
dark
''How can they see to work?' '->.
well. some colored lights do not: nf-
feet this chemical. Red is one of them,
50 that the photographer can h,iyfe i
small red Or yellow light in his prepara-
ton room: When the plate is finished
II is. put into IL plate holder, made; of
thin wood and which excludes all light. "
8# "How is the picture taken?''',.;l -:
81 I'm coming to that in minute. An
Important part of the camera is the lens,
made Of fine glass. This lens transmits
5the light through the sensitive plate. I.
is the lens and p the plate. 49, 80.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-25
Big Risks on Missing Ships.

Reinsuring risks OH vessels long over
due, and supposed to be lost, is IL game
of chance in which speculative marine
underwriters have been, INDUCING. One
of the vessels on which such big odds
have been taken was the British bark
Commander, which sailed on April II
from Chittagong, India, for the West
Indies and the Delaware breakwater
and has, been given up as lost. Both
vessel and cargo We're insured as ordi-
nary risks, ut the rates then current
for vessels trading on long voyages.
After three months had elapsed without
the arrival of the vessel, the original
insurers placed their risks with other
companies. paying 20 guineas premium,
and escaping the payment of Il total loss.
Those who took the new risk became
alarmed at the continued absence of the
vessel and to- protect It themselves they re-
insured the vessel and cargo ut 10 guin-
cas- premium As the loss of the vessel
now appears to be beyond doubt, those
who last took the risk will be called
upon to pay total loss. -
The British ship Munster sailed, in
ballast, from Rio Janeiro on May 10
for Newcastle. New South, Wales, and
is believed to have been lost off Cape
Horn. She is now being reinsurcd ut
so guineas premium. The ships Lord
Spencer, which sailed from San Fran
cisco for Queenstown on April D. and
the Star of Austria, which sailed from
Santa Rosalic '.o1i March rs; for 1'al-
mouth, are believed to have been lost.
and vessels and cargoes are being rein
s,lred at 70 guineas premium.-Philadel-
phia Record. s%'@S'7 %t,t -@''9'i
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-25
SHAKING DOWN HICKORY NUTS.
"A Timely Autumn Device for Suburban.
r ties and Picknickers.,

"A Timely Autumn Device for Suburban.
ties and Picknickers.,
: The yield of hickory nuts is very boun-
,tiful this year. Thousands of our read
ers have wooded pastures with number
loaded with nuts. a. If there is H. market
them to crack and sandwich with jokes
around the tireside next winter, some de-
vice for shaking them from the trees
is very desirable. A device that will
shake the nuts from tree in two min
. Cut straight white oak tree eight
"a to 25 feet long. Cut two timbers 8
Hoist the large end Of the log so it will
from the ground. Put the .forked tim
bers, one on each side of the log, say +
feet from. the big end, with the legs
resting in the forks. The battering ram
is now in position for work. 1t is rest
ing in the forks with the butt end about
one foot from the tree to be shaken. and
the other, or smaller end, resting on the
ground. The limbs near the small end
should be left u inches long, to serve as
handles. With one man on each side of
the long pole or log the smaller end is
lifted up and the log is drawn forward
and backward, working on the forked
poles, and thrust forcibly against the
tree. a few vigorous jolts against the
tree with the battering ram will make
noise like falling hail and every nut be
shaken from the tree-Journal of Agri-
rult,1re
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-25
4 STORAGE BATTERY.
Its Wonderful Success in Paris-To b
Tried in New York City.

AIS wonderful SUCCESS In FAr1S-TO be
Tried in New York City.
In view of the fact that the success of
the Paris Tramway company, is operat-
ing some of it's cars by storage batteries
has resulted in another test of such cars
i'll New York, it is of some interest to
note just what the French company has
actually done. AS far as can be learned,
the negative plates of the cells. which
are of the new well-known chloride type.
stand the rough usage of street car serv-
ice very we'll. The positive plates. how
ever. have given much trouble; the first
sort used went to pieces after the series
Of charges and; discharges, and. the new
type breaks up somewhat rapidly. The
total weight of the battery for car is
314O pounds, tifty-six cells being used.
The method of charging is unusual. The
current first turned on is from 10 to 50
amperes, at about $50 volts; when the
current falls to 10 or Is amperes, So
called boosters are coupled in series With
the dynamos, thus raising the electro
motive force to 2SO volts and the current
to 20 amperes. The car is carried ON
a truck with a 6-foot wheel base. and
service. The battery is completely i'll
closed in a box below the body, and be-
tween the axles. There are two thirteen
and One-half horsepower motors to each
car, which are connected to the axles by
single reduction gearing. 4 powerful
electric brake action can be had if de-
sired by short-circuiting the armature,
and experiments indicate that no other
brake is necessary. Arrangements have
be made to charge the batteries while
the cars are going down hill, as has been
done on one line, at least, in this country.
St Louis Democrat
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-25
MIR. Riley'S Fish Story.

A remarkable fish story which, how
ever, is as veracious as can be, is told by
Jim Riley. the proprietor of Riley's fa-
nous hostelry at Saratoga Lake. The
truth of the story is. evidenced by the ex-
hibition of the piscatorial specimens that
figured in it. Mr.. Riley was rowing Oh
Lake Lonely, having his gun ready for a
shot at any game that might appear. He
heard splash near the shore and pad
died up to get a shot at the splasher, if
possible.
The water was shallow and in it he saw
a large pickerel. The pickerel had been
pursuing /; bass, which it had wounded
badly. Upon inspection Mr.. Riley dis
covered that the 'pickerel. in trying to
back out of the weeds and brushes had
caught its gills upon some alder twigs
and was firmly held. He seized the pick
erel and dragged it into the boat; then
he lifted the bass from the water. The
~ pounds and the bass weighed i
pounds.-Albany Journal, $780,, .-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-25
sALT'P'ETER IN SOUTH AFRICA.
I -
The Cape lColonyto be II Rival OF Chill 10
- ,s+ "A II, ioA n n

The Cape Colony to be i. Rivn, o. Chill 10,
8 g< american Trade. ,s.
Extensive deposits Of saltpeter.' have
been discovered in Cape Colony; South
Africa, which promise to be of great yalue
and usefulness iii many Industries, chief
among which are the, gunpowder, metal
lurgical and pharmaceutical, as well as in
the curing and packing of beef ..5,s,
y Hitherto the chief supply of the sub
stance has come from Chill, but what is
obtained there costs $50 per ton. and has
to undergo afterward in extensive chemi-
cal operation to render it tit for practical
use. The deposits found in South Africa
are reported to be the true potassium
nitrate. .,.-5. ,.4 -. =,
- Saltpeter is soluble III water and that
found in Chill contains salts of sodium,
which is an absorbent of moisture. That
in Chill has numerous sulphates and so
much earth and organic matter that after
it reaches its destination only 5 per cent.
of saltpeter can be obtained that is fit for
use. As ''Nigger' powder, one of the
most inferior of explosives, contains 60
per cent. of saltpeter, it can readily be
seen that the cost of this ingredient is
the chief factor. - ....-
The climate of South Africa is very dry,
and this is believed to account for the
rich quality of the find.
The plains of India contain saltpeter.
but for some reason it is not an article
of commerce.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-25
SALT TREATED ELECTRICALLY
Caustic Soda Produced by the Current at
Small Cost.

1t is we'll known by chemists that caus-
tic soda can be produced by passing 4;
current of electricity through common
table salt. The salt, which is chloride of
sodium, separates under the action of
the current into soda and chlorine, either
Of which by itself is much more valu-
able than the salt from which it is pro-
duced.
The process is simple one, and not
expensive. The salt is dissolved in water
and a current from dynamo is passed
through the solution. Metal plates are
placed i'll the salt water and attached
to the dynamo wires. Chlorine is set
free at one pole and caustic soda at the
other
The great difficulty, however. is that
chlorine dissolved in water is one of the
most powerful solvents known. Almost
all metals are dissolved by it, Even
carbon one of the most unsoluble of sub
stances, is rapidly attacked by chlorine
and wears away quickly.
This regularity of chlorine interferes
with the commercial practica bility of the
process. No substance has yet been dis
covered for the electric terminals which
will stand the strain and yet be cheap
enough for manufacturing purposes
Power
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-25
Exporting Cat Skins.

There arc $1,000 skins of house. Ca Is
exported from the United States every
year. These skins come from all parts
Of the country, Il Wholesaler seldom re-
ceivlng Il consignment Of furs from a
country correspondent that does not -ill-
cfndeea number of cat skins. When the
correspondent receives Is cents apiece
for them OH an average he may consider
that he is doing remarkabl well. There
is very little demand for cat skins in this
country, except for cat tail rugs and 9th
er Oddities; sometimes for trimmings.
and very rarely rs q schests covering in
winter for an old man who belongs to
the customs of past generations So
the New York wholesaler sorts. his eat
skins into lots of halfdozen different
grades, and sends them to London, to he
sold at the quarterly auctions of one of
the great fur dealers The skins of
black cats bring the most money, ;efidsas
many as 10000 If the,a have been dis
posed of for so cents apiece yellow
cat skins are next in .yalfle. Maltese and
body-mi xed co]ors bring the least. often
going for five cents apiece, or rather.
they bring the least Of the full-grON1
cats, fc:~"thcrr is II demand at 3 nud
! cents apiece for the skins of little kit
teus.--Dctroit Free Press.