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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-27

ELECTION IN FAIRFAX.-The following Is
the official vote of Fairfax county cast at the
election held May %, 1895, for county and
district offices, which has been kindly fur.
nished the GAZETTE by Mr.. F. w. Richard
son. Clerk of the County Court of the county /:
For Commonwealth Attorney-James n.
Love, dem., 1 ,456; j. C. DePutrOn, rep, 5sS !;
Loves majority SOS.
For Commissioner of Revenue North Dis
trict-S. A. Wrcnn, dem., 1920; E. F..
Croker, rep, SIG; Wrenns majority 1,004.
For Commissioner Of Revenue South Dis.
trict-J. N. Ballard, dem, 1,577; w. Giling-
ham, rep, 479; Billiards. majority 1,O9S.
Robt. Wiley for Treasurer, dem. (no oppo.
sition), 2072.
G. 4. Gordon, for Sheriff, dem. (no opposi-
tion), 2,039.
Supervisors-B Simpson. b. D. Rice, R. C.
Triplett, Geo. Aud, r. Williams and ]. a.
Hurst, all democrats, and all of the 81 county
and district officers, except 3, where the
democrats made no nomination, were elected.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-27
THE MINING TROUBLES.

The indications now are that the
strikers in the Flat-Top region are
playing waiting game. hoping by pro-
longing the struggle to tire the State
cut and force the Governor to call of
the troops to save the expense of main
tanning them there. The troops have
already been there nearly month and
the bill will be big one for the State to
paw. When this item is presented to
the General Assembly to pay next ses-
sion it is quite certain that the friends
of the labor organizations will make op-
position TO it, but it will be promptly
disposed of.
The Richmond correspondent of the
Petersburg appeal says: 1t is estimated
that the cost of keeping the military at
Pocahontas will be in the neighborhood
Of S20,OOO. This is about one and one
seventh cents per capita or about three
tifths of one per cent. tax upon every
500 Of real and personal property in
he State. This may be money. well
spent by the State. Had there been
no military on the ground no one knows
now many times twenty thousand dol.
lars of property and what number Of
human lives would have been lost.
Governor OFerralls friends are great
" elated over the result of the election
in Tazewell county. The strikers and
their sympathizers made war on Sheriff
Crockett, but he came through with
1000 majority. No politics was in
volved, as both candidates were staunch
republicans.
The Richmond Howitzers and Abe
marie Light Horse went home on Sat
urday. They were replaced by the
Surry Troop.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-27
DRY GOODS.
Wool Gown StufS.
Silk and Wool Gown StuiS.

Silk and Wool Gown StuhS.
ALBATRoss-All wool. 3s-inch, per I'd.
37lb".
45-inch, per yard soc.
HENRIETTA-All wool. 36iuch per
yard 29c.
HENRIETTA.-Allw wool. cream aud amber
white. 45-inch, per yard 40c.
HENRIETTA-silk finish. 45-inch, per
yard Soc
MoHA1R BRILLIANTINE-4o.inch per
yard SOC.
CREPoN-All wool 40-inch, per I'D SOC.
45'inch, per yard 75c.
TRILBY-A new silk and wool fancy
weav'. 40.inch, per yard Toe.
JACQUARD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Jac-
guard figures. 3S-inch. per yard 75c.
ENGADINE-silk and wool. 4O.inch, per
yard 800
LANSDoWNE-S and wool. 4O.incH.
per yard $1.Oo.
First foor............. .....l0th-st. building
COTTON GOWN STUFFS.
SWISS LAWN-4S-inch, per yard 25c
FRENCH NAINsOoK-4S.i inch, per yard
SOC to $1O0.
INDIA MULL-4S. inch, per yark 37iac
to $150.
PERSIAN LAwN-32-inch, per yard 25c
to soc
DOTTED swIss-s2 inch, per yard 81 he
to 621ac.
INDIA DIMITY-s2-inch, per yard 25c
and 35c.
A SPECIAL LOT of hundred pieces
White French Organizes, 6s inches wide, that
have never before sold for less than 35c 42r.
SOC, 62lbc, 75c, and s7lac per yard, on sale
At 25c, 33c, 371ac, soc, Coo and Csc per I'd
tSecond hoor........ 11th st building
SPECIAL VALUE
IN READY-TO-WEAR GOWNS
For Graduation and Class Day.
New White Dotted Swiss Gowns, full skirt
very full sleeves. tastefully trimmed with fine
Swiss Embroidery to match. Two of the
latest styles-both pretty and dainty, without
being elaborate or extrayagant.
$10EACH.
(Ihird floor, ...........11th ST. buildingJ
GOODS DELIVERED IN ALRI-
ANDRLA.
Woodward & Lothrop,
10th, 18th & F SITS, n. W..
WASHINGTON. D. c.
ohomberlain's Eye end Skin Ointment
Is certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes,
Cranulated Eye Lids, Sore Nipples, Piles,
Eczema, letter, Salt Rheum and Scald Head.
rs cents per box. For sale by druggists.
TO HORSE OWNERS.
For putting horse in fine healthy con-
dition try DR.. Cady's Condition Powders.
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
loss Of appetite, relieve constipation, correct
kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving
new life to an old or over worked horse. Is
cents per package. For sale by
L. srABIKR & Co.. Druggists.
A CALLED communication of ALEXAN
~ DRIA-WASHINGTON LODGE, A. +.
g A. b., will be held at the Masonic Temple.
MONDAY. May 9th, at 8 o'clock p M, for
work. By order of the w. b.
JAS. s. DOUGLAS,
myZo Zt Secretary.
EOR SALE-Separately or together, FOIR
~ MODERN s iX.ROOM BRICK HOUSES,
No. 419 to 425 south Washington street.
Pantry, Linen Closet and Bath. Hot and Cold
Water. Or will rent for $3.50 per month.
Apply to ROBT. ]. THOMAS,
py25 I'm 316 N. Washington stree.
WTANTED A FEW BOARDERS at tho
w Herbert Springs farm house 20 min
utes ride on the Mount Vernon Electric Rail
way. Address
WIN. C. VAN NUYS.
my24 3ts Arcturus, Fairfax county, Va
F0R SALE
A SMALL CORNER STORE AND RESI-
DENCE, centrally located, at bargain. Ad-
dress L.. Gazette Office my24 3tF
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-27

BALTIMORE, May 27.-Flour quiet. Wheat
easier; No 2 red spot and May SO1h SOY +;
The morning times., 1895-11-24

receiving the brush, which is, OF course,
considered the greatest triumph OF all.
ENTERTAINING THE SPORTING SET.
Sometimes eight or ten miles are COW
cred by the hunt and when the riders re-
turn to the clubhouse they are glad TO
find tea prepared for them.
At the Richmond County Club, Staten
Island, tea is frequently served to the
members of the hunt, about forty mounts
in all. When a dance is given the ballroom
is splendidly decorated with flowers, and
the white, red and green cOlors OF the club.
The men appear il their hunting costumes,
but the ladies lay aside their severe trap
piLgs for more festive attire.
For the cotiIlion the favors are bits,
spurs, stirrups aud hunting horns tied with
the club colors-- The hunting quadrille
is danced to the lively singing Of such airs
as Drink, Puppy, Drink" The Place
| Where the Old Horse Died. "A Southerly
Wind and a Cloudy Sky" and similar hunt
ing dittics.
To carry out the general hunting effect
of the scene, the screen which conceals the
| orcflest "a may be hurdle of bars and brush.
The hostess who wishes to dine the
members of the hunt club, may seat her
guests about a table in the shape or a
| large wheel, covered with silk OF the
| club colOrs, the spokes being outlined
| with flowers. Rising from the hub maj
be spray of electric lights, like flashes
! from the wheel"
The covers must be placed on the fel
| loes Of the wheel, one between each two
/ Of the spokes. To carry out the '.horsey'
! erect the sUbt't may be served in pretty
! littl. horse-buckets, with silver horse
I shoe for a cover, the menus being painted
| in designs showing horses head, whips
/ crops, hurSeshoeS and saddles.
The morning times., 1895-11-24
An ExtrnnrdInary Quilt.

Mrs. Joshua Biles OF SouthiRgtnn has been
working on a bedqUilt at odd times since
1892 which is a wonder in its way and de-
serves special notice. Themat terIal is twilled
cotton. and is made in fcrty-rne squares.
seven squares each way, but tue inner
square ia kcS up the space of nine ordinary
ones. On this are inscribed in blue stitch
ing. which is readily dcclphered. the names
of all the soldiers who went To the civil war
from Southn.ton, together with picture
of places and persOtn,of local note- such as
the pastors of the churches, the posfniasters
of the three villages, the assessors, contract
ors and builders, mercha nts. erc., the names
of the various manufacturing firms with
lists of Officers, pictures of various histort-
cal buildings and names OF secret societies
Represented in the town in 1892. Mrs. Biles
has been untiriag in her efforts TO finish this
remarka bic work, and ii is now stretched
upon a frame and was exhibited al the
birthday party in the Baptist Church last
night. The guilt viii be sold and allproceeds
over the actual cost will be turned into the
fund for the parsonage.-New Haven
Register.
The morning times., 1895-11-24

with North Atlantic waters last August
won't serve at all for shrimpinG in Florida
Down at the white beach most patrunizrd
by the midwinter trippers the shrinpinE
is done at a reef that lies about a mile
off the hotels shore, where bath houses
stand, and to which, when the tide l. low,
a cat boat viii only carry One-half the way
Tue fun begins just where tie water
grows So shoai that the boat must stop.
Then the boatmen who are growing used tu
the ways OF ladies from the North must roll
their trousers Ia their knees, spring out
into the water and carry the women clear
across a quarter of n mile stretch To the
reef, all OF which is proclaimed 10 be
most unusuai and exciting sensation, alone
worth jnining a shrimping excursion
All one must do Is 10 stand on the boats
heaying, let the brawny, brown fisherman
catch one rou nd the knees, and then his bur
den half carclessly tossed over one shoulder,
holds on by cIasping his throat with her
hands. or course one can 60 round TO the
reef by rowboat, and in shorter space. but
IT moi half 50 much sport as being carried,
and, besides. it's the way smart French
women do ut Trouyille, which is an all
important fact in the eyes OF her American
sister, often quite as ennuied as the Pa
risienne and glad of a new sensation.
WHAT TO WEAR,
II you 20 over TO the reef merely 10 look
on at the sport nd enjoy share of the fishy
/ feast. you wear any sort Of an afternoon ioi-
| let simple or elaborate, but IL you go TO
shrimp you wear across in the boat long
I dark blue cloth cloak, that falls from meek
\ To heels, shaped like Connemara, with
round, fulI scarlet hood A red silk fisher
| mans cap or a red silk ha ndkerchieT is used
| 10 cover the head and brown canvas bath
| ing slippers the feet.
| Down at the shrimping ground, on en-
| tering the water, both cloak and slippers
| are ast aside and one appears in bare leet
and ankles, with fun trousers TO the knee
4 and a belted blouse waist with short puifed
| sleeves. All this should be in dark blue or
brown or green flannel, the belt of scarlet
| canvas and huge square sailor collar OF
/ the same material and color falling over
| the shoulders.
NETTING THE sTRIMPS.
Then armed with a Iong-handIed net one
1 w5tlieS slowly out into the water. thrusting
the nets rim in to stir up the sand and then
| waving it quickly about to catch the sur
! prised and scattering shrimp.
! When the net gets heavy with fish II
| is empted into a canvass pocket swung
over the left shoulder, but it takes d
| fun half hour 10 fill that pocket, if one
| has luck, and one wadeS in neck deep
To find the lively little creatures, that
| can easily escape a fisherwonlan who is
not swift enough with her net and doesn't
| know how to employ her ten little toes
| in roofing about in the sand.
When The tide begins to ebb, shrimp
| ing for the day is over, and all along the
| bea ch driftwood fires wink a cheerful
welcome to the fisherwomen returning
| with their spoils.
| Over each fire an iron kettle is swung
and when the water, with one big lump
The morning times., 1895-11-24

Of salt in it, is brought to the boiling
point, in go the shrimp, TO cook fine
rich pink. Expert shrimpers merely wash
ing their canvas shoulder bags, drop them
into the pots, few minutes boiling does
the business, and, wrapped in their long
cloaks, everybody squats informally about
ON the sand and sits about peaiing and cat
ng the catch.
The sight becomes impressive, when one
slender debutante alone eats seventeen
dozen shrimps at single sitting and yet
wears yearning expression OF righteous
appetite unappeased, in the depths OF her
large brown eyes, that almost drives her
masculine friends out once more in search
of sea food. Some very NICE women have
indeed quite lost all record OF the numbers
of shrinips they can consume in one after
noon, bat plead in extenuation the I'M
perial deIiciousness of plain boiled shrinps,
when fresh from the sea and the voracious
appetite this species of sport can excite.
When every shell has been cracked ana
the fires begin to fall into Goals, nets. bags
and kettles are gathered into the bath
houses, a magnificent huge confiagration
of driftwood is lighted upon the sand and
everybody joins hands and begins TO circle
round it. singing whatever sense or non
sense may pop into their heads.
Faster and faster wh1rl the young peo-
The morning times., 1895-11-24
His Religions Views.

Rustic theology often contains much COM
mon sense, though not always in accord
with the canons. a clergyman came To
preach in a Southern parish, and while
walking across the fields met farm labOrer,
who i'll the course of conversation said lie
was a 'Piscopal.
The clergyman was glad to hear it, and
asked il he belonged to The parish to which
the laborer wered that he ' didn't t
knaw.''
Then what diocese do you belong top
was the next question.
"Ther' amt nawthin' like that round
here" replied the other.
who confirmed you, then?"
"Nobudy," answered The laborer.
Then you are an Episcuralian?" asked
the clergyman.
"Wen," was the reply, you see it's
this way: Last winter ! was a-visiting
friend, and while | was there went 10
church, and it was called 'Piscopai, and
! heard them say that they left undone
the things what they oughter done, and
they'd done some things that they oughten
done, and ] says to myself, says /. that s
my fix exactly and ever Since l consid'
cred myself 'Piscopalian. New York
Journal.
The morning times., 1895-11-24

and ask them 10 stitch into the wedding
gown especially single hair from their
heads. The hair is so fine that it is
easily concealed and cannot in any way
mar the beautifui wedding gown. The
head dressmakers very often hunlur the
girls.
II know positively that this superstition
exists. and know positively that in many
wedding gowns, could they be picked to
pieces would be found many hairs stitched
in. The girls when they go home at night
tell their girl friends that a hair from their
heads has been stitched into the wedding
'gewns,f Miss So-and-So, and the lucky one
is Immediately envied. She will be mar
ried very soon, her associates say.
MANY of the girls in the big shops secure
bits of the wedding gowns of fashionable
brides. They take them home and treasure
them up, They make collections of them,
and they point them out to their friends in
the neighborhnod, Saying, THAT was Miss
So-and-Su's wedding gown" and so they go
through the list. TIE sewing girl who pos
sesses the greatest collection of these bits
is a very important young woman in the
eyes of her young Woman friends. She is
considered to be almost fashionable herself,
because she is so near the throne. But by
far the pretticst superstition that 1 have
vet heard of is the one where a single hair
from 81 many of these shop girls is stitched
into these very expensive wedding gowns"
The morning times., 1895-11-24
LEATHER NOVELTIES.
New and Charming Designs in Purses
Card Cases and BELT Bags.


OF all a woman's belongings none is
more necessary than her purse or pocket
book. and next to this her belt bag, since
the fiat has gone forth that the fashion
able dame is no longer to be allowed her
good oId-time pocket in her gown.
This season is Introducing something
quite new in the way of bags and porte
mounaics. those made from Mitylcne mo-
rocco. which are OF 4 rough finish; or those
styled the empire ecraSSe, with a smooth,
shiny surface.
The eoIors most in vogue for these nlodiSh
articles are dark blue. green, and brown
as the haSis. these solid lines being
mottled over with pale blue. yellow or
ciouded white. for instance brown pocket
book is spcckled over with yellow necks,
a dark green one with duh white.
TIE largest size OF pocketbooks is de-
signed for holding bills. change and yis-
itiug cards. and is long with square cor
ners. This costs $40 and Is plain, merely
ornamented with miniature notch in
one corner. or elaborately trimmed with
Colonial gold mountings. This gilt is
dull and rich, and is patterned in eX-
qGisitc designs of scroll work or ara
beSque.
\ second size is smaller, but similar in II
other respects. This is valued at $3.50.
The purse is smaller still and different
in form. Ii comes In two or three sizes,
and is somewhat less expensive than the
pocket book. Across the top il is straight,
Curving below. The flap is also oval and
is decorated in colonial gold. a favOrite
manner being a wide band headed by a
narrow gold beading.
The card-case is a square OblonE and
is mounted at its corners i'll dull gold or
has the narrow beading running entirely
around il.
The masculine members of society are
moi forgotten. their pocketbookS being ex-
! ira large, their card-holderS extra small.
The latter are tail and thin and have 4
! long, slender flap ornamented in gold,
| which falls forward and prevents the cards
from escaping.
A unique little purse is OF brow smooth
4 leather, and is twisted into shape like a
1 wheel. IL is fastened with little silver
| clasp. and when the owner has taken out
| her change the dainty conecit whirls Itself
back into shape and lies smooth and fiat
4 Morocco in all cnlors is greatly favored,
4 the alligator and lizard skins being some
\ what RELOCATED to the background
4 The bclt-bags of Mitylene and empire
| ecrasse are striking and hanfiSonle, and
4 will be chuScn TO wear with mcdlsh gowns
of cloth and richer sturfs. They have colo
\ NAL gold nountings. or are finished il
| silver or their own morocco.
Seal and lizard bags are still displayed.
| bnt those of morocco or elephants hide
| are to be the rage. as that leather has
reached the zenith this fall and is shown
| On every hand. designed for every purpose
A noticeable bag is of Mexican alligator
| skin mounted in silver. 1t is brown or a
whitish tan In line and is oddly ornamentcd
with the rough portions of the hide " hics
have not been removed.
The morning times., 1895-11-24
AccordinEto Schenek.

There is a dealer in mems shoes who
has sticking out Of each pair Of shoes
in the window of his store three new
one ollar bills. An accompanying an
nouncement reads: Three of q kind take
a pair" young man undertook to beat
the game the other day.
You sell shoes According to the rules
of poker, don't your he inquired.
I'VE do replied the clerk.
"Well. l wear size 9; wrap me up two
pairs Of them
He received the shoes and handed over
So.
Excuse me-" said the clerk, but those
shoes come to S6.'
That's all right" replied the young
nan. three of kind seat two pair
II know that said the clerk, but
they don't beat four mines. and
Leather Reporter
The morning times., 1895-11-24

wears off there comes spring and uDwea-
rying elasticity Of step no foot, however
carefully shod, can know, and coating or
two of suuburn takes away every bit OF the
ugly, distorted appearapce your highly
civilized foot ssains from its leather coy-
ering. SS
WHERE THE FUN COMES IN.
Directly tbeStrouble with ones feet is
over, the rea aladyantage of travelling In this
primitive style begins to be appreciated, y
explained the, ma fden who had barefooted
it through Normandy and knew whereof
she spoke. 1--WE were three weeks on our
tramp, six of 5usin all, and three men along
who wore the TisaierInen's suit with smart
ridor white tasse,cd berets.
Our route lay through st. Valery, Fe-
camp, Havre, then to Honfleur, Trouvilie,
| Caen, st. Lo, Constances and SO down 10
! ST. Maio. You've no idea what good inns
| and good appetites we found along the road;
what historical trea asures, what good
| weather and what numbers ofother walking
parties we met. Such omeietS, VINE ana
pretty girls. We stopped, of course, at me
inn of William the Conqueror, waihea soiile-
| times along the sea coast, sometimes
| through the loyeliest French forest ana
| lost our nervous prostration, dyspepsia
| and super rluous flesh in way you
| wouldn't bell eve unless you tried III
! yourself Four OF our party were SEMI
invalids when they set out and, at me
| end of the journey. they expressed mem
selves as not only able but Willing 10
whip their weignt in wild cats. when
il was all over and our weil-worn peas
| ants suits were tearfully resigned lor
! hot. long, tight, tailor dresses, every
| member of the company all but refused
| to return to his or her shoes. A cap
tors chains couldn't have seemed more
terrible to bear, and l remember that at
1 our farewell dinner together IN Ifou-
vile. at which point we dishanded, one
| by one the diners blushed ana reit uh-
| der the table. when the feast was over
| A GENERAL laugh and confession followed,
| for not q man or woman but had slyly
| slipped off his OF her footgear durins the
| meal. in search of that savage comfort
| in which we had rejoiced during our
barefoot tramp through nine beau'ifui
| German towns"
The morning times., 1895-11-24
Long Tramps
In Bare Feet
WOMEN NHO WALK THROUGH
NORMANDY UNSHOD.
1t Is the New Cure for Bad
Nerves and FIesh-Reduc-
ing Pastime.

If you want a brand-new and most de-
lightful sensation, something to look for
ward to as n Ia rk next summer and Il sure
cure for good score of the ills modern nerv-
Gus flesh is heir to, go for barefoot tramp
through Normandy. Not only is it
a beneficial but exceedingly fashionable
thing to do, and along the road that leads
from old Dieppe to picturesque st. Malo
you will be treading in the footsteps OF
not only smart American women, whose
footprints are straight and slender, but in
the broad and ample track of divers Eng
ush ladies of title. Right along i'll Oc-
tobcr the stout British danes and damsels
were still doing Normandy, without shoes
or stockings, and next June. or early IN
May, the season reopens again with III
creased enthusiasm, 1t is prophesied.
Now it appears that Il clever but rather
eccentric American man, who is literary
ana lives mostly in London, discovered this
new mode of seeing that well-traveled por-
ion of France. He took h is two daughters
along, and when they got back to England
with the story Of their frolic they found
enthusiastic imitators on every side. One
of the first parties to go oct on three
weeks walk was organized and conducted
by that still famously beautiful English
woman, Lady de Gray, whose companions
station than her own, and who did what
they called their stint OF walking in a style
that served as n model for a II the parties
that came after them. Nobody on tour
like this is permitted to carry more lug
gage than Will fit into IN ample waterproof
catch all, and the outfit includes two
changes of under-linen, as few toilet arti-
cles as possible, aud Il waterproof cape.
IN PEASANT DRESS.
So armed, the party assemble at Dieppe
or Havrc, and there the travelling dress
bouts, and hats OF conventional society
are put aside for the wholly picturesque
| habit of the Norman peasants. The COS
| tunes may be easily bought in the towns
whence the party sets out, and for the
| women consists OF n skirt of dark blue or
| brown hvmespun falling three inches be-
| low the knees and equally fuH back and
| front, a plain white cotton BODY with the
sleeves rolled To the elbow, handkerchief
| kn0tted at the throat, and the fullness OF
| the body caught in at the waist by the belt
| OF a long white apron. This apron has
strings that cross the back OF the skirt
some where down about the region Of the
knees. and in place of hat a Norman
cap is worn. of course. This is charming
white muslin affair, either tying under the