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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-29
HOW TO VOTE.

In voting for President and Vice
President Tuesday, November 3rd,
1896:
1st. Scratch out the names of all the
candidates for President and Vice Presi-
dent except those for whom you wish
to vote.
2nd. Do not, under any circum-
stances, scratch the name of any elector
on the ticket, but leave them all of
every party untouched. This is impor.
tant.
In voting for member of Congress,
scratch out the name of the person for
whom you do not wish to vote, leaving
only the name of the candidate for
whom you desire your ballot to be cast.
No name is legally scratched unless the
mark extends at least three fourths Of
the way through it.
sThese instructions are rendered
necessary by the fact that section S of
the Parker bill, passed by the last legis
lature, changes the method of voting
for President and Vice President by
providing that qualified voters shall
designate their preference for any candi
date for President and Vice President
by scratching the names of the ether
candidates for President and Vice Presi-
dent
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In the 20 wears that DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets have been sold, hundreds of thou
sands Of people have taken them, and have
been cured by them. There is no longer
any possible question of their efficacy.
Theg are the product of experience, tried
by time. They are intended to cure con.
s;i3at!on. They are good for men, wo.
men and children They are tiny, sugar.
coated granules, very easy to take, very
cuick in their action. One Pellet is a
gentle Laxative two pellets mild
ca,hartic. a great many people make
the mistake of sandbagging their di-
eestive organs They take some strong
and violent medicine, which creates
worse troubles than it cures. Strong
purgativeS shock the system unnecessar-
ily and they do not cure constipation.
Constipation is a thing that makes peo-
ple listleSS and languid; makes Their
breath bad; wakes them up with foul
taste in their mouths: puts black spots
before their eyes; makes them dizzy;
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produces pimples and blotches-ssins into
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-29

MISUNDERSTANDING next will
be Halloween, the eve of the feast of
All Hallows, or Ali Saints Day, which
takes its origin from the conversion, in
the seventh century, OF the Pantheon at
Rome into Christian place of worship,
and its dedication to the Virgin and to
all the martyrs. Halloween, however,
has nothing churchly about it. 1t seems
to be relic of pagan times, or, perhaps,
of medaeval superstition. 1t was re-
gerded as the time of all others when
supernatural influences prevail, and as
a night set apart for universal walking
abroad of spirits, both of the visible and
the Invisible world. 10 many parts of
the country it is devoted to sports and
practical jokes. Apples, especially,
are in reuuisition. The principal sport
is that of "ducking" for apples set aaoat
- tub of water. Tha person duckipg
is often blind folded, and is required to
stoop over the tub and take out the
apple between his teeth.
Mischievous boys, who find such
sport too mild for them, go abroad at
night in imitation of the walking spirits
the evil ones-and find enjoyment in
tying worthless heads of cabbage, de-
funct cats and dogs, large stones and
other articles to the front door knobs
of their neighbors. The mischief is car
ried even further, especially in the ru-
raj districts. were policemen are
scarce, many youngsters not hesitating
to ipjure or destroy the property of
their neighbors. Gates are removed
from hinges and carried away, signs are
stolen from the Offices of lawyers, physi
clans and magistrates, live cats are plec-
ed in mail boxes, and numerous other
pranks of that character are played.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-29

Mrs. Rhode Noah, of this place, was
taken in the night with cramping pains
and the next day diarrhoea set in.
She took half a bottle of blackberry
cordial but got no relief She then
sent to me to see if had anything that
would help her. l sent her a bottle Of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy and the first dose reliev-
ed her. Another of our neighbors had
been sick for about a week and had
tried different remedies for diarrhoea
but kept getting worse. l sent him
the same remedy. Only four doses oi
it were required to cure him. He says
be owes his recovery to this wonderful
medicine.-Mrs. Mary Sibley, Sidney,
Mich. For sale by L. Stabler & Co.,
Druggists.
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The Discovery Saved His Life.

Mr.. G. Caillouette, Druggist, Beavers
vile, ILL.,, says: TO DR.. Kings New
Discovery owe my life. Was taken
with La Grippe and tried all the phys
clans for miles about, but of no avail
and was given up and told could not
live. Having DR.. Kings New
Discovery iu my store sent for
d bottle and began its use and
from the first dose began to get better,
and after using three bottles was up
and about again. 1t is worth its weight
in gold. We don't keep store or house
without it," Get free trial at E. l..
Aliens Drug Store.
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DISEASES OF THE sK:N

The intense itching and smartmg ,ci
dent to eczema, letter, salt-rheum, and Ter
diseases ofthe skin is instantly allaye by
applying Chamberlains Eye AID KIN
Ointment. Many very bad cases have been
permanently cured by it. 1t is equally
efficient for itching piles and q favorite rem
edy for sore nipples; chapped hands, chill
blains, frost bites, and chronic sore eyes
For sale by druggists at % cents per box.
Try Dr. Cady's Condition Powders, they
are Just what a horse needs when in bad condi
ton Tonic, blood purifier and vern.trge.
Foo sale by L. Stabler & Co. Dru SIS.
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For OverFifty Years

AN OLD AND WELL-TR1ED REMEDY.-Mrs
Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for
over fifty years ~ millions of mothers for
their children while teething, with perfect
success, 1t soothes the child, softens the gums,
alIays all pain, cures wind collie, and is the
best emedy for Diarrhes. Is pleasant to the
taste. Sold by Druggists in every part of the
world Twenty-Five cents bottle. Its value
is incalculsble. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup and take no other kind
isn17 60 dSrv1vr
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AUCTION SALES.
CHERlFF'S SALE.

By virtue of decree of the Circuit Court
of airfax county, Va, rendered at its Octo.
tober term, 1895. in the suit of Annie L.
Moore, trading. ETC.. VS. D. w. Stockstill, the
undersis ned will offer for sale at public auc-
tion, on the premises, near Burke's station,
Va, commencing about II o'clock a. m., on
FRIDAY,
the 3Oth day OF October, 1896,
the following personal property, to wit: One
Upright Engine, One Boiler, One Brick Ma
chine, Four Broad Belts, Band Wheel, Anger.
Grind Stone, Brace and Bit. Box and Con-
tents consisting of Gauge, Narrow Belt and
other fixtures belonging to the engine, Pick,
Shovel, Gao Of Oil, ETC., One Box of Nails,
One-half Keg Of Spikes. and about 10 900 or
10000 Bricks. Terms cash.
GEO. a. GORDON,
ocS 1awtd Sheriff of Fairfax county.
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CT. PAUL'S CHURCH LECTURE ROOM.
THURSDAY, OCT. %, at o'clJck
HUMOROUS AND DRAMATIC RECITALs,
Americas Greatest Dialect Humorist,
GILBERT WALDEN.

of Virginia, the famous Southern Elocutionist
The II h season, in which he has given over
1000 entertainments from $50 selections Of
aumor, dr,ma and pathos. Thrilling War
and Wild West Scenes, Beautiful Southern
Stories from Way Down South in Dixie"
"Meh Lady" Ben and Judas, "Ole Missus
of Tennessee Two Gentlemen of Zen
tucky."" wild Stories of Indian and Frontier
Life, Touching Incidents rom the Border
Land" Heroic Deeds of the Blue and Gray"
sc. The St Luke Circle of Kings Daughters
having at the request of the medical staff and
board of managers of the Alexandria Inirms
ry fitted up and completed a new surgical
room, an addition to the NJ. NJ. Lewis Memo
riai Ward. have contracted with this famous
elocutionist, to give an entertainment Ito as.
sist them in liquidsting the debt incurred in
completing this work Tickets for sale at the
drug stores aud at the door of the lecture
room on the night of the entertainment.
Admission % cents oct23 I'd
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If your child is puny, fretful, troubled with
glandular swellings, infamed eyes, or sores on
the head, face, or body, course of Ayers
Sarsaparila is needed to expel the scrofulous
humors from the blood. The sooner you be-
gin to give this medicine the better.
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FOR SALE OR RENT.

ENOR RENT.-A large comfortable DWELL
u ING containing Il rooms; suitable for a
boarding house CT large family. Latrobes
and bath room. Price only Sl5 per month.
No 1913 Duke street. & Key next door.
o.tO0 -
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ENOR RENT-DWELLING No. 224 north
II Columbus street. All modern improve
ments. Possession given August 1st. Apply
at No. 42S north Washington street.
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MEDICINAL.


many wrong ways
of treating disease.
1t is easy to make
mistakes. Doctors
make mistakes just
the same as any
bo d Y else. The
doctors who make
the fewest mistakes
are specia lis is.
They DO one thing
over and over and
over, so that they
know all that there
iS to know aho,lt II
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N EsIRABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.

For sale, on easy terms, the fine DWELL
ING HOUSE and spacious grounds situated
at the southwest corner Of Pitt and Prince
streets, in the city Of Alexandria, the late
residence of Robert A. Cline, deceased. This
is one of the finest properties in the city of
Alexandria, is in an excellent state of repair,
and in every way, by reason of Its location
and otherwise, desirable as residence. For
information as to price and terms of sale. ap-
ply at Ill south Fairfax street, Ae1andria,
Virginia. JAMES B. CATION,
myS IT Attorney for Owners.
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WANTS.

UTANTED.-For u. s. Army, be bodied
w unmarried men, between the ages OF
81 and 30 years, citizens of the United
States, of good character and temperate hsb-
its, who can speak read and write English.
For application apply, preferably by letter, to
RECRUITING OFFICER, Washington Barracks,
D c., or Fort Myer. Va. iy1S oct31
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VXTANTED-AN AGENT in every section
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a. IL I -
CREAM B lLM
Opens and cle4nses
tho Nasal Passages,
AllSys Pain and In
hslnmation, II ca ID
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0IICK AGRICULTURAL PEAS. new
B CROP, store and for sale by
~ 'i0p' HERBERT BRYANT,
1T King street
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Fair play., 1896-11-28
EXTRA SESSION FOLLY.
A Republican Scheme for Agitating Pro-
lection.

A Republican Scheme for AgItating Pro-
lection.
In an interview predicting and favor
ing an extra session of congress Senator
Sherman has said: I'VE have plenty of
money and plenty of gold in the treas
ury and do not think that congress is
called upon to take up the consideration
of any radical change in cur present
financial system"
This is practical admission by the
Ohio senator, who is the chief counselor
in financial matters of the republican
party, that no necessity exists for an eN-
ira session.
The only substantial reason urged for
the calling of an extra session was the
need of revenue to protect the gold re-
Eerve and prevent the issue of bonds.
II there is plenty of money in the treas
uTy and the gold reserve is in no danger
this reason is removed.
The only object of an extra session.
therefore, would be to pass tariff bill,
not for revenue, but for protection; in
ether words. to keep pledges of benefits
made to the bounty interests in return
for support in the campaign.
IN doing this the republican admins
tration will not only offend the great
body of voters who oppose high protec-
ton and supported Mckinley on ac-
count of his financial policy, but will
give color of proof to the charges that
the Hanna syndicate have n mortgage
on the Mckinley administration.
More than this, an extra session will
again bring a disturbing factor into
business What the business interests
need more than anything else now is
complete relief from all political agila-
ton and menace. The prosperity of the
country depends upon the business men
getting ample time to establish renewed
activity without the fear of political
tinkering.
If the republicans care for the good
will of the country they viii drop the
subject of an extra scssion.-St. Louis
Hon,Ibiic
Fair play., 1896-11-28
THE MAKING or WORDS.

Martinez was originally the name OF
n colonel in the army of Louis XIV. He
was a rigid discipllnar;an, and renod-
clcd and rcorganizcd the army with
such strictncss that his name was sub
sequently applied to any severe dis
ciplinarian.
Abjnration was once simply a "swcar-
ing away" Until comparatively recent
times in England it was customary, in
the case Of doubt of criminals guilt,
to permit him to 90 to the church and
swear 10 his innocence, after doing
which he was cleared.
Poltroon is said by some authorities
to be derived from an Italian word sig
nifying lazy. while others claim that it
Is from two Latin words meaning "the
thumb cut of" because in ancient times
n runaway from battle had his thumbs
nmputated as q mark OF disgrace.
Mummery was originally an adapta-
ton Of the name of Nohamncd, and, in
its first form. was Mohammctry. Dur
ing the middle ages so many strange
tales were tcld of thr doinrs of the Mos
lens that all the rites of the Moham-
mcdan religion We're classified as mum.
mery.
Fair play., 1896-11-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS,

Whoever may go into the cabinet,
Mark Hanna will undoubtedly be Sec
reIary OF state.-Chicago Dispatch.
1t is explained that Tom Reed
went all the way to California to avoid
voting for McKinley.-Kansas City
Times.
Hanna is still managing McKin-
ley. When will the president-elect be
trusted to talk for himself?-St. Louis
Eepuhlic.
Mark Hanna will probably sue
coed in getting forced" to accept n
cabinet position or something more
dcratiye.-Kansas City Times.
William Jennings Bryan is a
shining example of American grit and
spunk. No matter how much one may
differ from him, his courage is to be ad-
n.ired.-Washington Post.
The business revival is good, but
il remains to lie seen whether it will be
Il business survival; as to which, much
depends on the nations success in
reconciling Mckinley to the abandon
ment of Mckinleyism.-Albany Argus.
If the American congress will
heed the voice of the American people.
il it will give US currency based upon
gold and tariff for revenue cnly, these
two enactments viii make it difficult
if not impossible for the formation OF
trusts to corner products which the
American citizens are compelled TO buy.
Louisville Post
Fair play., 1896-11-28
STRANGE NEWS FROM CAN TON.


/
Tho Talk Of Trusts Between Mckinley
and Pingroe.
Gov.-elect Pingree, of Michigan, has
been visiting Maj. Mckinley and talking
with him about trusts and corporations.
Il found" says Mr.. Pingree, "that he
knows as well rs anybody that they are
rotten to the core. He recognizes that
they are one of the greatest evils in this
country, and knows that something has
got to be done. He's all right" The fur
ther information is given that it was
Maj. Mckinley who wrote the antitrust
plank of the republican platform in
1892. ''They may talk all they want to
about Mark Hanna being president"
adds MIR. Pingree, "but they'll find that
William Mckinley is going to be presi.
dent himself"
All this would be cheering if Gov.
Pingree could be relied upon TO read
Maj. McKinley's mind and to estimate
,, at their worth Maj. Mckinley's words.
The major as a politician has acquired
the habit of agreeing with the adver-
sary while he is in the way with him,
and of seeming to acquiesce in the
views of enthusiastic persons who do
the talking. Gov. Pingree is not noted
for taciturnity, and he is honorably
known as detcster of rapacious wealth.
Is it not quite thinkable that when
trusts and corporations were being de-
clared rotten to the core it was he and
not the president-elect who spoke?
What though Maj. Mckinley did write
the antitrust plank in 1892? He was
rs good silver man then rs Gov. Pin
gree himself, yet he changed his mind.
1t helps to reduce to almost nothing
the value of this surprising retort from
Canton that Gov. Pingree should pref
ace it with the statement which fol-
lows:
If ever a candidate realized that he
owes his election to the people and not
to the gang, the major is that man."
If the trusts and corporations that
are rotten to the core" are included in
"the gang" what would have become OF
Maj. Mckinley without them? 1t is
true that millions of the people believed
they were doing their patriotic duty
when they voted for the republican can
didatc, but it is also SO true as to for.
bid dispute that every trust and cor
poration in the United States which
takes corrupting hand in politics
worked with frantic and constituencies
energy for Mckinley's S election. and that
he could not have been elected without
them.
1t may be that as president the major
will disappoint the natural expectation
of reward of the trusts and corporations.
Enthroned in the white house and
clothed with power, ambition may come
TO him TO do what is right even at the
cost of consistency and the forgetting
of service. Maj. Mckinley is not
stickler for consistency, as his course
on the money question eXempli.;es, and
he has lived long enough TO know that
the trusts and corporations supported
him for their own and not for his sake.
1t is possible, therefore, just barely pos
sible, that President Mckinley will de-
cline to be the servant of the money
power, which has made him Cleyelands
successor. But there are not many Pin
grees about. The governor-elcct of
Michigan is n singularly sanguine man.
N Y ,Journal
Fair play., 1896-11-28
Making Fruit Attractive.

Fruit salwayssold very largely by its
looks, says the New York Farmer. The
highly colored apples will always bring
higher prices than those of duller or
greener color. With pears there is a
partial exception, as there are SO many
superior varieties of rusty color that
this rather than bright red has the pref
erence. But with the pears that do col
or, the more highly colored any speci-
men may be, the better it is likely to
prove. But so much depends on an at
tractive appearance that many growers
have learned that there is money in put
ting spray of green leaves TO offset the
color of the fruit. This is almost always
done in selling the finest peaches, and
fruit growers are learning to treat
other fruit In the same way.
Fair play., 1896-11-28

never know what may save man who
seems to be as good as dead.
Many 4 man who seemed to be dying of
consumption, and whom the doctors pro-
nounced just as good As dead, has got well
and strong and hearty again by using Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. This
wonderful medicine has shown the doctors
that consumption isn't always fatal dis
ease. It can be cured if you get at the
germs of it in the blood and clear them out
thoroughly. That is what this Discovery
does. It makes new lood,-hea!thy blood.
The germs of consumption can't exist in
healthy blood. They simply let go their
hold and are carried out of the system !;
then the new blood builds up new tissue,
new flesh, new power, new life. II carries
vitality to the lungs, the bronchial tubes and
every other part of the body.
1t cures people after cod liver oil has
failed, because their digestive organs are
too weak to digest fat foods. The Discov-
cry" makes the digestion strong.
For thin and pale and er1aciated people
there Is no builder in the world to
compare with it. 1t doesn't make fabby
fat, but hard, healthy flesh. 1t builds nerve
power and force and endurance. II is never
safe to pronounce any one dying of con-
sumption" or any other wasting disease,
until this marvellous Discovery" has been
given a fair trial.
DR.. Pierce's thousand-page illustrated
book, 1.-THE Peoples Common Sense Med
ical Adviser will be sent free paper-bound
for the cost of mailing crip, II one-cent
stamps. Cloth bound, 10 stamps extra.
Address DR.. R. v. Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y.