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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-12
DRY GOODS.
DG.aIse &q7su,
NO. s1s KING STREET.
Wonderful Values.
Special Prices.
A SALE NOT 70 Be MISSED.

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19c Ladies' Heavy Ribbed Vests
for 1856.
81 Double White and Gray Blank
cts for SOC.
50 White liz Blankets for S1.19.
Toe French serges, as inches wide,
for SOC.
SOC changeable Taffeta Silks for
2ac.
s, Bleached Canton Flannel for
Sac.
25c Henriettas, all colors, for 1Sc.
4Oc Ladies' ALI Wool Cloths for
25c.
Sc Apron Ginghams for 5%.c.
15c Ladies' Black, Full Seamless
Hose for Toe.
15c Gents Full Seamless Socks for
1Oc.
zoe Children's Heavy Undsrshi,ts
for 1870.
76c Gents All Wool Shirts and
Drawers for SOC.
15c Double Width Dress Plaids for
3Oc 1914 Pequot Bleached Sheet
ing for 21c.
1Oc.
Sc Indigo Blue Prints for SC.
15c Persian Flannelettes for sac.
SOC Fancy Eiderdowns for 29c.
35c Buckskin Fibre Interlining for
Csc.
1Oc Selisias, all colors, for 7a4c.
1Oc Heavy Unbleached Canton
Flannel for 7a4c
Sc Heavy Unbleached Cotton for
sc.
SC Simpsons Mourning Prints for
sc.
SOC All Wool Plaid Flannels for
Zoe
SOC All Wool Black Henrietta for
39c.
1910 Stiff Hair Cloth for 7sac.
7c Yard-wide Bleached Cotton for
Sc.
1Oc Fruit of the Loom Cotton for
7ac.
Csc Heavy Twill Red Flannel for
15c.
2Uc WOOL Mixed White Flannel for
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Sc Dress Ginghams for &c.
SC Dark Outing Flannels for &c.
121bc Dress Cashmeres, all colors,
for gaze.
25c Fancy Fiderdowns for 15c.
Csc Ali Linen Table Damask for
TIC
81 Chenille Portiers, dado Top and
Bottom, for 1929.
SOC Chenille Table Covers for
29c.
So Lace Curtains, 49, yards long,
for $1.29.
Toe White Counterpanes for Acc.
Sc All Linen Crashes for 4aac.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-12

s tt the best Fried and Stewed Oysters in
s ms city go TO Rammel's Restaurant where
''u Will be served in the best manner.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-12

PERsoNAL-Miss Bette Keys, OF the
Telephone Exchange, has gone to Bal
timore on short visit.
The Baltimore Neaus says Miss Matte
Brockett, of Alexandria, Va, is visit
ing the home of her uncle, Mr.. VIM. A.
Hart. of Twenty -sscond street, west,
and Mrs R. Hunter Dulapy, of Loudoun
county, Va, is spending few days at
the Stafford.
Mr.. I. S. Taliaferro, of Green River,
Wyoming, who has been visiting his
relatives in this State, left the city to-
day on his return home.
The San Antonio Express says Arthur
Gil cory, commercial agent of the Mex
lean International. at Durango, has
been appointed representative of that
road at the Atlanta exposition.
Mr.. w. Lindsay Bibb, of Roanoke, o
recent graduate of the University OF
Virgiois, and who has a number of
friends in this city, is now member of
the law firm of Bibb & Ragsdale, at
Meridian, Miss.
Rev. Father Kenefck, of Fredericks-
burg, is in the city.
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POLICE CoURT.-Mayor Thompson pre-
siding.-The following cases were dis
posed of last night:
Two men charged with disorderly
conduct were fined So each.
Robert Lime, a stranger, charged
with disorderly conduct, was ordered
out of the city.
The following cases were disposed of
this morning:
A white and colored man, the
former charged with assault and the
latter with disorderly conduct on King
street on last Saturday night, were fined
81 each.
A white man and colored man, ar
rested by Officers Mills and Proctor
for disorderly conduct, were dismissed
with a reprimand.
Night Report.-Last night was cloudy
and mild until about two o'clock when
it became clear. Three prisoners and
four dodgers were at the station house.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-12

Underwear.
Medium and heavy weights, Cotton, wool,
or mixture of both
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-12

Milton Heath, young New Yorker,
who is visiting relatives in Washing
ton, was painfully hurt by a stone
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-12

CHURCH SERVICES, &C., TOMORROW
Christ Church.-Services at IL a. m.
l., Da,, Dr yVoIGar
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-12

Hosiery.
Silk, Cotton, Merino, Wool-for ordinary
wear and athletic purposes.
The morning times., 1895-09-08

OF music brought from the music rack.
Uncle Sam has an official piano tuner
His name is Mr. L. Clayton Hall and he
Is in the emplOye of Knabe & Company at
their store in this city Mr.. Hall goes
once month to the White House and
looks after the great grand piano that
was bought by the United States when
President Arthur was in the Executive
Mansion. The instrument is used at the
White House receptions, when any nota bles
are present who are considered musical
enough 10 play it,
IL is the custom OF many great pianists
when they tour the country to take a tuner
along with them. Mr. Hall accompan MED
both D'Albert and Stavenhagen when the
two great musicians made tours OF this
country.
Each man always carried his own
piano with him." said Mr. Hall, land be-
fore every concert would always see that
IL was in tune. They can't change instru-
ments, for they get used to the touch more
than the tone.
both OF these gentlemen were very easy
10 please and nice TO travel with D'Albert
was vegetarian, and he also never wore
anything but woolen clothes and unboiled
shirts. He always carried his own bedding
around with him, tooh
The morning times., 1895-09-08
HAMILToS's RISE AND FALL.
An Ex-Tout Blooms for IA Season and
Then Goes 10 Jail.

An E1-Tout Blooms for IA Season ana
Then Goes To JAN.
The passing of Oliver Hamilton, who now
occupiesa ceIlin MOyanlenstugp prison, q wait
ing requisition from the governor OF New
York. furnished an interesting page for the
criminal history of this city. says an ex
change. The charge against Hamilton
is that OF rob6inE a citizen OF Brooklyn OF
about $1,000 in money and jewelry
Oliver first took his place in the sport
ing ranks OF this city shortly after the
race track at Gloucester was opened He
was tout at all times. aud never rose
above that questionable dignity He was
a true watf of fortune, and when Hamilton
won be dined well; when Hamilton lost he
ate freely OF whatever free lunch he could
find. One day about six months after the
track closed he disappeared, and like al
characters OF that kind was forgotten IN
a day.
Two weeks ago Oliver reappeared as
suddenly as be had disappeared. But
the coming back was a royal event com
pared with the going away Trausforma-
ton was made complete BY a clean shave
and hair cut aud a fine suit OF clothes.
On bis little finger a big diamond flashed
welcome to another gem equally as large
that nestled in his silken scarf A cane
and fragrant Havana cigar made secure
the appearance OF prosperity. Oliver com
placently assured all his friends that a
rich uncle had di ed suddenly and a
legacy of over a hundred thousand dol
lars wa sabOut TO be spent.
This news Travelled like wIdfire and
the friends OF old fIocked to divers
standard as one man. Big dinners, with
plenty fwine, were the order Of the
day Such princeIy hospitality has not
been known in Philadelphia since the
days when Goal Oil Johnny" drove
tandem through the city, scattering gold
right and left. The collapse came last
Tuesday night, when Detective Murray,
accompanied by a Brooklyn thief-catcher.
tapped Hamilton on the shoulder and
said: Sorry. Oliver, old boy; but you're
wanted for that Brooklyn Job"
Mr.. Hamilton, the prince, broke down
and at once handed over all the money
and jewelry in hts possession, and now
he's oliver the tout, waiting for the
legal machinery to start aud grind him
out q prison sentence.
The morning times., 1895-09-08
TOBACCO BLINDNESS.
Effects of Nicotine Upon the Nerves
of the Eyes.


Did you ever hear OF tobacco blindness"
asked a doctor OF a Los Angeles Herald
reporter 1t is something we meet with
quite frequently, yet not so much as ons
would suppose when the great consumption
OF tobacco is considered Yet there ara
many who are on the Threshold oftobaceo
blindness, who. may or may not have an
experience with the disease. For in to.
bacco poisoning, like that produced by Other
drugs, the system can resist the ipru.
ence OF the invader up to q certain poiDr
when the smallest further dose or the
poison VIII produce the same symptoms an
the taking OF a larger dose would Thus
In case or many people the mere smoking
or a pipe or two more a day would produces
In them ali the advanced symptoms OF
tobacco poisoning. So it is that doctors
make it imperative in such cases thar
the smoking habit must be dropped en-
uTeiy. To smoke moderately win not do.
You cannot afford to take the chances Of
giving the system that little bit more
OF nicotine which would cause the casa
70 be serious
Tobacco blindness can, fortunateIys
be cured. With the smoking habit abol-
ished, plenty Of outdoor exercise, a nerve
tonic, which would assist IN the purifica-
ton of the blood as well as toning up tho
general system, and the abstentiOn from
alcoholic beverages, there is no reason
why tobacco blindness cannot be cured.
Alcohol drank in any OF its forms, is IIabIs
TO Produce tobacco blindness in a fairly
heavy smoker
But the strangest part OF Il su is that
a person does not have 70 smoke tobacco
to become afflicted with tobacco blindness.
In fact, one OF the most obstinate cases I
ever had was that Of a waiter in q cafe
He was non-smoS Ser and a total abstainer,
yet he came to me With tobacco blindness
fully developed, caused by being COM
PEELED 10 work all cay in the atmosp paere
OF tobacco smoke, breathing the poisoned
air polluted by thirty OF forty smokers.
It's wonder why more OF the disease does
not develop when this is considered.
But, fortunately nature is more kind
10 US than we are To ourselves, SO she gives
US strength to throw off many evils 70
which We are CarelessIy exposed
The morning times., 1895-09-08
WHAT A KITTEN CAN DO.
How Little Fellow stopped a Street
Car in Baltimore.

ho" ii Lltlle CHOW stopped a street
Car In baltimore.
One little kitten, about five inches in
length, held in check one morning recently
the downtown traffic over the City and
Suburban Railroad, says th Baltimore
Sun. A summer car stopped to take pas
sengers, when the kitten, standing on the
sidewalk, leisureIy inspected the car. sud
denly determined on a personal inveStiga-
uon of the inside workings OF rapid tran
sit. She ran out into the street imme-
diately underneath the heavy battery of
the car. and began Clambering about the
machinery. The conductor and several OF
the passengers saw her, and an effort was
made TO chase the kitten away Canes
and umbrellas were thrust under the car
at her, and many emphatic commands to
'shoo" were given. but it was evident she
was too new in the world to understand
English.
The passengers enjoyed the Joke at first,
but when 1t seemed that the kitten did not
intend to come out, those in a hurry to be-
gin the days toll became impatient, and
the number OF the reScuers augmented
rapidly. More canes and more umbrellas
were thrust al her, like wise more speeches
or wicked turn. But she remained un-
disturbed and curled up as If she liked.
things in general and meant to spend the
day there. When at last il appeared to
the hurried passengers and irate conductor
that the only thing to do was to start the
car and crush out the poor little kittens
life, she came to the conclusion that there
are other pleasures in the world besides
rapid transiH and walked out with the
satisfied air of one who had completely set
at rest the cravings OF curiosity. Then
the car proceeded.
The morning times., 1895-09-08
UNCLE SAINTS FLOWERS
His Beautiful Blooms Grown in
Many Greenhouses.
NOT ENOUGH FOR DEMAND
WagonlOads Used at Each State Din
ner-CongressmenD During the Win
ter Use All They Can Get-Cost of
Keeping Up the Green Breathing
Spots In the National City.

The beauty OF Washington parks and
reservations during the summer, when they
are fairly abaze with flow and the
trim, weil-kept appearance in winter, is
a sight to which people have for SO long
been accustomed that they rarely, if ever,
give a thought 10 all the amount of care
and labor necessary 10 produce this per-
fection and high state of cultivation.
No city of the Union can boast OF more
perfectly kept parks than Washington
While several OF the large parks of Chi
cago have within the last few years taken
the lead in the matter of ornamental gar
dening, Washington, with it's multiplicity
Of green, f.ower-decked breathing spaces
can compare more than favorably with
any city in America in the matter of uni
form attention expended by the most
skilled florists cmp.oyed by the Govern
mcnt for the care and protection Of these
cool, welI-shaded retreats
Congress is extremely parsimonlous IN
the matter Of appropriations, at the pres
cnt time the amount being little in excess
OF that allowed for the same purpose
years ago, when there were less than half
the number of reservations laid out and
under cultivation. The frequent appeals 10
have change made in this respect las
so far met with the most d.sCouragir-
results, SO that the patience OF those
most nearly Interested il the matter V ould
seem To be wcll-nigh worn out
The clause OF the sundry civil bill, that
has special reference TO this matter, pro-
vides for the Improvement of tue grounds
north ana South nf the Executive Mansion,
$1,000. This sum is annually expended
by the officer III charge of public build
ingS and grounds, ana who las the power to
authosize the use of portion of the
ground within she circle back of the
Executive Mansion for children's play
ground, under regulations prescribed by
him
The morning times., 1895-09-08

hand beat her and the children and break
up everything in the house I'm not fit
TO be at large, and think / had better b,.
locked up for a while" -
We can't give you q warrant for your
self" replied the clerk You viii have
to get somebody to complain against you
before II can he issued ."
The man departed, and as he never
returned he is stn spending his wife's
earnings in extract OF corn and brea king
the legs OF the kitchen table
Warrants for noisy and boisterous chick
ems, and cats, and barking. biting and
vicious dogs are everyday occurrences. and
there are frequently amusing stories be
hind them. They are nearly always de-
veIoped in court. however, and the clerks
office doesn't get the benefit uf them.
Jealous wives and husbands, al whose
vltals the green-eyed monster is a.nayvinp-
frequently make pilgTimages to the clerks
office To see II something cannot be done
TO bring their recreant better halves to
order, and their wants are frequently
amusing. A woman possessed of doubts
OF her husbands infideIIty appeared a the
office some time ago and tried to get
them TO adjudicate matters Her mind
ran on the financial side OF the question.
however, and she was mOrtany afraid
that her husband vas spending some OF
his money on other and perhaps fairer
danes
The morning times., 1895-09-08
Low Rates 70 @. A. n. National Fn.
campment, via Pennsylvania
Railroad.

For National Encsmpment of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, to be held at Louis.
Vile, Ky, the Pennsylvania Railroad win
sell September to 10 inclusive, good to
Washington to Louisville. KY, and return
atrate OF S13.2
The morning times., 1895-09-08
LISTENS TO TALES OF WOE
PathOS at a Discount in the
Warrant Clerks Office.
ADJUSTS MANY DIFFICULTIES

Some of the Peculiar Cases Which
Come Before Htm-One Man Didn't
Know His Wtfe's Name-One Ger
man Wanted Permission TO Kill His
Own Dog-Ticl1ets for "a Hanging.
The morning times., 1895-09-08
CHRYsANTHEMUM SHOW.

To the list of special appropriations al
ready cited should be added that OF the
Smithsonian grounds, as the sum OF So, 500
is allowed by Congress for this purpose. or
the same sum specified for use on Judiciary
Square, the greater portion is used in as
phalting the walks and laying out new
walks. II
An interesting fact of which even the
people Washington re for rthegreaterpart
entirely Ignorant, is that every year in
October there iS!One of the finest displays
of chrysantliemums to be seen anywhere in
America, held at the propagating gardens
The chrysantheEllUm show is free to alland
as the finest specimens of this flower is
secured from every quarter Of the globe
i'll which 1t is grown, the display made by
the United States government each October
is well worthy visit from all persons in
terested In such matters
Another interesting matter in connection
with the United States propagatng gar
dens Is that II is in possession OF white
elephant. This is in the shape of an im-
nIense palm, the only one of the kind
that has ever been brought to this country.
1t has grown far beyond the dimensions of
its present quarters, and in order to move
it as will be done this autumn, a con-
siderable portion of the flower benches and
interior woodwork Of the greenhouse will
have to be cutaway. When first put init was
small, sickly plant, but has prospered
far beyond the widest expectations Of
those having it In charge and is at
present truly splendid speciman.
1t is dubbed the White Elephant, by
reason of the fact that while it is now
decidedly in the way, 1t cannot be either
given away or sold. 1t is the property
OF the United States government and when
recent offer of $500 was made f or it
by one OF the Vanderbilts II was found
that much as II was desired to have the
immense palm removed, 1t could not be
disposed of except by special act of Con-
gress. GLORIANA ADABOUT.
The morning times., 1895-09-08
QUEER FEATURES.

''In our business We frequently meet
with many or the queer eccentricities of
life said a piano tuner to The Times
reporter. You find people both hard and
easy 70 suit. Ordinarily, the owner of the
instrument viii pretend anyhow that the
tuner knows his business and viii leave him
alone. Others VIII not.
Because OF the house am connected
with my calling takes me principally in the
wealthy homes; where they have the incest
pianos. few months ago I went into an
elegant house, the owner OF which everybody
knows as a man in public life The mistress
OF the house wanted me TO take off my shoes
before crossing the mirror-like ballroom
floor. She must have thought wore spikes
or cobblestones on the bottom OF my shoes
refused 10 take them off, but Insisted on
her having rugs spread about the room
al another place they left a servant in
the room to watch me TO see that didn't
carry away any OF the bric-a-brac or per
haps the piano itself I overheard the lady
OF the house call down stairs to the servant
osit in the parlor and watchme
But there are frauds in the business,
end people become apprehensiye because
OF them Not very long ego some fellow
''~-Ab ~ a IOucN dAlu represented IlldG he
cams from our store. He tried to tune
the piano and found that he couldn't. He
collected So and went away, taking the
pedal frame with him on the pretext that
1t needed fixing. Some DAYS afterward
we heard from the piano owner, who stated
the facts have related, and asked why we
did not return the pedals. OF course, the
man was never heard from"
STRANGE DISCOVERIES.
The piano men very often have strange
tales TO tell Of the finds they makein D pianos.
II is the most common thing in the world
they say, to find articles the children have
dropped IN them, the category taking in
everything from marble TO a rag doll.
Moths, too, are great enemies OF the In
etruments.
The most curious find, however, is that
reported by the piano tuner Of one of the
most prominent piano stores in the city.
Ae was cleaning the piano of q music
teacher and when be removed the keyboard
he found Immediately beneath il a mouse
nest with seven young live mice in ii.
The nest had been made by bits OF felt
and flannel torn from the deaoenins
boards OF the instrument and from scraps
The morning times., 1895-09-08
HER HusBANp.s MONEY

So she wanted the warrant clerk to issue
an order of some sort that would compeI
her husband to turn over TO her his salary
each week, and she would dole it out 10
him in sums sufficient for his daily ex-
penses and preserve the balance. She
went away disappointed, however, the
clerk explaining to her that 1t was out OF
his power to control her husbands income.
The most pathetic stories told over the
counter OF the office are those OF abandon
ment and non support Of women who have
the misfortune TO be tied to W orthless nus
bands. Frequently they enter the office
leading little child by the hand The
wan, pnchcd face, and generally starved
appearance OF the little one is enough III
itself TO tell her mission before she tells
OF husbands neglect and final desertion.
There is no law III the District by which
such men can be punished, and the poor
women are compelled to return to their
life of toll and misery, still leading the
little ones by the hand
On the afternoon before the day set for
the execution OF Howard Schneider. the
wife muderer, two negroes entered the
office. Tney spied Mr.. Washburu behind
the counter at his desk, and one OF them
stepped up to the counter and laying a dol
lar thereon said, in a mattcr-of-fact way:
Gimme two tickets fer de hapgin'"
They were considerably surprised and
crestfallen when they Were told that with
a big political pun they might be able to
procure the required pasteboards from
the warden of the jail
The morning times., 1895-09-08
HEHDIHG BROKEN TONES
WiGId3rS of a Wrench Which Cor
reefs VagarieS of Pianos.
QUEER PHASES OF THE WORK

Tricks 10y which the Piano Tuner
FIatters the Vanity OF PianiSts
Thar lie May BE Fayorably Re
ported and other Queer Features
OF the Trade.
The morning times., 1895-09-08
.udcuJ.
EVERY THREE MONTHS.

Piano tuners all say that to keep an in
strImsIt IN frst-ClaSs condition II should
be tuned once every three months. About
ouei0gTh or the owners OF pianos who
live in Tie urban districts observe this
rule. In the country, where 1t is only The
stroAnE tuner that comes around, the
frequency with which the Instruments
are tancd is much smaller.
A few people who use their pianos con-
tiuualy Lave the instruments tuned eaca
month OF course, there is not much to do
IN those cases and the machine OF music
Is kept Iu tipjop condition.
Whether the piano is in or out Of uFe il
should receive about four overhauIings
year, though. the expcus FAY The num-
beTof pianos t.1at are IN even approximately
perfect tUue can be guessed then when
IL is known that a majority Of thuse sold
are i'm the bands OF the tuner only once a
year Some tuners relate experiences Of
attempting to get pianos in a music making
order where The interior Of them has not
been touched Tor ten years IN tloFe cases
the only succes sful way to bring the 'inStru-
men' around Is tolUDe IL three or four times,
they say.
a good days work for a piano tuner is
four instruments Tuning is a profession
thar is wearing upon lis devotee because
OF the cuuCcflratiOn Of thought and cner-
gics be IL compelled 10 give to his subject.
TITS wearing because the tuner has to listen
soiHcHly Tie same pianos are as cranky
as some people, they say. ara they abso-
lutcly refuse 10 get OF stay in tune
Another thing, the expert tuner is made
and not taught There are now musical
conSrrvaJouIrs where piano tuning Is taught
along with other things, and a fUlIy-iledged
tuner who has also been studying a lot
OF other things. is turned out in three
months from his beginning. The pupils are
taught by tuE:2S and untunng old pianos
in the conservatory, bIt it is claimed that
when any Of the instruments are wanted
for public nr display use the professors
always send for a tuner from some Of the
large instrument stores
The tuners IN the big stores are always
men who have served not less than three
years in The factory and who have done
nothing but tune pianos There are con-
sequeuly not more than a dozen tuners in
Washington