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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26
THE NEW
Black Dress Goods.

Very interesting is our new stock of Blacks.
Recent arrivals give US collection of choice
and charming effects in the latest staple and
ultra novelty weaves fresh from the looms af
the pest European and American manufac.
lures, q large proportion of which wore made
to our ordor and arc confined exclusively to
rs for Washington.
Recent improvements in our Black Goods,
Room (wherc Blacks are shown exclusively
afford every help 10 tho most satisfactory
buying. Through the enlarged skylight and
the plate glass show windOwa pours a soft,
mellow, natural light that let's you see just
what the goods are and how they look.
45-in All-wool Canvas,
soc the yard.
10 in All-wool Granite,
75c the yard.
.i3-in Atwood Faconnc,
81 90 the yard.
47.in. Atwood Boucle
$125 the yard
61-in. All-wool Rough Cravenette.
81 so the yard
A. n. All.wool Canichc
Sl.50 tho yard.
4l.in. Atwood Matlasse jacquard,
S1.75 the yard.
47-in. Atwood Cancels Hair Canvas
$500 he yard
47-in All.wool Panama,
50 80 the yard
4S.in. Atwood Matlasse Broche,
$500 the yard.
4S.in. Atwood Figured Bengaline,
81 90 the yard
4S.in. Atwood Figured Bcngalnc,
$500 the yard.
First hoor...... annex to 10th st. building.)
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26

NrloN OF THE SUNDAY LAW
AIR DRINKS" were picked up yester-
Neither could tell where he pro-
rcd his liquor save deaf and dumb
5a VINO wrote on piece of paper a
s-emeut to the effect that he gave
Anderson % cents for half pint.
latter had no license, and refusing
el where ne got the liquor he will
gd 10 answer The charge of selling
lou, q license and on Sunday. Evil
~. however. was procured from
aer sources TO warrant the issuance
warrants for two saloonkeepers.
Wheu the name Of one was called,
9rge. alias Shorty" Stearns, who
Il been an Interested spectator OF the
proceedings, left the room hasti-
heh ed to the supposition that be
beat OH posting inc accused and a
ness who had been named. Officer
kinson Sas dispatched TO arrest
and bring him before the Mayor.
Ir. Wilkinson overhauled Stearns rs
uas entering the saloon and brought
back. He was admonished that
oud he tamper with any witness he
would iacur the full penalty OF the law
.l, was ordered to stay ia the room
m court adjourned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26

SHOULDER DISLoCArEp.- While Mr..
Il w. Ga.liard was returning from
this city o his home in Fairfax on Sat
urday evening and when near the dis.
tillery, his horses ran away aud he was
thrown TO the ground, dislocatipg his
shoulder. He returned to this city and
was taken 10 the residence of his friend,
Mr. Donald Mclean, on south Fairfax
street, where Dr. Smith attended him
aud succeeded in getting his shoulder
IN place again. He will soon be able
TO hc about
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26

Down Quilts with superior quality of down
and covering of most beautiful designs.
a full line of Blankets at popular prices.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26

Teazel Plush in all the dainty and delicate
colors at 12l2c. Charming material for dress
n sacques, lounging robes and tea gowns.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26

Come and see our great collection of Cloaks
and Capes and notice how we lead in style,
quality and price.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cures
colds, Group and whooping cough. 1t
is pleasant, safe and reliable. For sale
l.. Stabler & Co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26

Winter Underwear for men, women and
children in all the prevailing styles and
prices.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26

A series of revival services will be
commenced at the NJ. p. Church next
Sunday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26
LOCAL MATTERS.

GATHER TRoBABILITIEs.-For this
n fair; slowly rising temperature; ;
.rerl- winds
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26

In Notions and Drcssmakers' Supplies we
cali give you anything you ask for.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26

ohieers'Ticer and Arlington On Satur-
day night arrested the football team Of
Central Hugh School, ashineton, for
disorderly conduct in the street. 1t
seems that they gave the college yell,
and when ordered to stop ignored the
officers command. They were releas-
ed about half an hour later with q
reprimand.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26

Our CARPET, Oilcloth, Rug, Mating, Por-
ticres Lace Curtain departments are being
continuously filled with the richest co!orngs
and choicest designs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26

Having made mention of such numerou:
articles prevents our adding prices to some
space not permitting Thcsurprise, however
will be so tauch greater when you come and
see their litteness Be sure and do it and
there will be profitable results for you.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26
~ GOODS DELIVERBD IN ALEY-
ANDRIA.
" Woodward & Lothrop.
10th, nth & F Sts., n. W..
WASHINGTON. D. c.

Hospital at o'clock. Curtis was not
arrested, as the killing was entirely &C
eidental.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26

A HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF SILK
~ BOWS just received at
A {. SI,AYM4KER'S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26

90 DOZEN CANS of new pack sU-
4OO GAR COIN for sale by
J. c. MIIBURN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26

GHoICE MINED PICKLE SPICEsin one.
" quarter pound DO yes; F DnS Saie o onNo
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26

CORsETS reduced from 81 to Soc to dis.
~ pose of small line, at
A. C. SLAYMAKER'S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-26

ZINE TOILET SOAPS.-A line of nice
- Toilet Soaps just received and for sale at
moderate prices by J.C. MILBURN.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-19
BRYAN AND SHAKESPEARE.

The student of Shakespeare has fire.
uuently. observed, in reading the lines of
the great poet, the singular appropriate
ness of certain passages to persons and
events of the present time. Indeed, 1t has
been claimed by some of his admirers that
the bard clearly foresaw things as with
a prophetic eye, and recorded them in his
immortal verse. Some of the evidences Of
this foresight have been pointed out, but
not all of them. Shakespeare sounded all
the deeps and shoals of human nature;
into every secret crypt of emotion he
turned the light of his genius, and if he
has seemed to peer into the centuries that
came after him it is because human nature
is the same to-day as it was when he
drew his inspiration from the peaceful
scenes around Stratford-on-Avon.
Among the many queer things which
came under his prophetic vision the master
genius of poesy doubtless saw some Bryans.
And IL the doctrine of his prescience be
true he must have had the boy orator of
Nebraska in his mind when he put into
the mouth of Antonio in the Tempest
these words: "Ffe. what spendthrift is
he of his tongue" How beautifully the
language of the Bastard in king John
describes the Popocrat candidate: Here's
a large mouth, indeed. Our ears
are cudgeled. BOUNDS! / never was SO be-
thumped with words since first l called
my brothers father dad"
Valentine. who figures in the Two Gen.
tlemen OF Verona also sized up Mr.. Bry-
ans dimensions very accurately. thus:
You have an eXchequer of words and,
think. no other treasure to give your fol-
lowers"
Are there not hundreds of thousands of
voters in the United States who agree with
Alonzo in the Tempest" that Bryan can
not cram these words into mine ears
against the stomach of my sense" or who
can say with Silvia, "a fine volley of
woris. gentlemen, and quickly shot of"
And there are many others who will agree
with Phebe, the rustic beauty in LAS You
Like IT, yet he talks we'll; but what
care l for words?" However, all nigh.
be willing for him to continue If he would
only talk sense ard truth. and utter it
without any fiips of prouxity or crossing
the plain highway of talk"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-19
MONEY For EDucAT1oN.

Few people are aware of the vast sums
given TO the cause of education in the
United States by people of means. While
large fortunes have been made within the
last thirty years, the pursuit of wealth
does not seem to have blunted the finer
feelings of generosity. Within the last few
years twenty-three institutions of learning
in this country have received no less than
s75.OO000o in gifts and bequests. These
establishments include Girard college,
whose fund is estimat ted now at SIS. 900 COO,
but Yale and Harvard are omitted. One of
the largest gifts is that bestowed upon the
Leland Stanford, Jr., university its present
equipment in lands, buildings and money
being estimated at s20000.OoO George Pea
body gave to the cause of education over
s5.00o,OoO and the recent magnificent gifts of
John D. Rockefeller to the University of
Chicago. of nearly ss,0oo,OoO. are still fresh
in the minds of every one.
In addition 20 these there are hundreds Of
smaller schools and colleges which have
received and are receiving lesser sums
from year 10 year, the aggregate of which
must amount to many millions more.
Besides these great donations for the
cause of education, eleven public libraries
of the United States have been made the
recipients by public-spirited and wealthy
citizens of more than S1s.ooo.oO0
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-19
GIVE WATSON HIS RIGHTS.

Whether under the Kansas statutes Mr.
Tom Watson's name can be stricken from
the fusion Populist electoral ticket at his
own request is something We do not pre-
tend to know, but We are strong in the
conviction that If mans name can be
kept upon a ticket against his will there
is something organically wrong about such
a law.
The Populist state convention at Abilene
indorsed the full ticket of presidential
electors nominated by the Democratic con-
vention at Hutchinson. These electors
were nominated in the interests of Mr..
Sewall for vice president, personally are
for him, and if elected will cast their votes
for him. Regardless of this fact the Popu-
list state committee filed with the secretary
of state a certificate of nomination which
represents these electors to be for Watson.
1t was a deceit foolishly devised by John
Breidenthal, with the purpose of silencins
any clamor which might arise from the
body of the Populist voters who were not
willing to vote for the Maine banker.
Knowing that none of these Democratic
electors can by any possibility be for him,
Mr.. Watson demands that his name come
OOWu from tne luSlOu tlChtl anu dppedT
only on the middle-of-the-road ticket. 1t
is preposterous, he says, that his name
should be at the top of a ticket ON which
he has not single supporter. That he has
a moral right to refuse to become party
to Credentials treachery and lying can
not be sainsaid by anybody, and if there is
any fair Interpretation OF the Kansas law
which will warrant taking his name off 1t
is clearly the duty of the state election
board to give him the benefit of it.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-19
FLING 1T TO THE nREEzE

The suggestion of Chairman Hanna that
Republicans. and advocates of sound money
generally. display the American flag from
their houses and places of business on the
last day of October is n good one and will
doubtless be responded to with enthusiasm
all over the country. On that day ..old
glory" should wave from every coign of
vantage in every city and hamlet in the
land as visible evidence that the people
have not lost faith in the institutions of
the republic and that they are as deter
mined to maintain them now as they have
always been in the past. During the first
six months of the civil war the loyal peo-
pie OF the United States spent more than a
million dollars for flags. The banners fiut-
tered from every housetop and foated in
majesty from hundreds of church spires:
patriotic colors were worn by women and
men in every loyal community as a sign
and symbol of devotion to their country in
its hour of trial.
Now, when tue bepog Qf the nation IL as
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-19

Thus it will be seen that last year we
imported 227,sS5 head of cattle, which took
the place in home markets of exactly the
the greater part these cattle came from
Mexico. and, therefore, into the very mar
kets which have heretofore been largely
supplied by the Kansas farmers The aver
age value of imported cattle is given at sl5
per head and the foreign shippers thus
pocketed about ss.50o0O0 which under the
Mckinley law would have been distributed
among the farmers of the West,
But this is not the only evil which has
followed this change in cattle tariff. The
government has been swindled outrage
ously in being deprived of the revenues
which should have been collected as duty.
An ad valorem tariff means tax according
to the value of the article. The Mexicans
had the privilege of putting values on their
cattle at the other side of the line. In
stead Of payirg 20 per cent upon each of
their SIS steers they put the value say at
81 a head and paid the Insignificant sum of
40 cents duty.
There is still another feature in the
change of tariff laws which hurts the Kan
sas farmer. The Democratic measure now
in effect destroyed the reciprocity section
of the Mckinley law which helped the
farmers to find a market abroad for their
cattle. The following table shows the ex-
ports Of cattle from the United States dur
ing the years given, which include periods
before, during and after the enactment of
reciprocity:
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-19
An Appeal to Railway Employees.

From the Railway Age
To the Editor:-This presidential cam
paign Is not campaign of parties. 1t is a
campaign of dollars and cents. We, as a
class. have nothing to sell but our labor,
and we want the best dollar that is made.
We, as class. have a reputation for in
telligence. Let us put our intelligence to
practical use, and vote for sound money
and protection. Do not be deceived by the
free silver demagogues, such as Bryan,
Watson and Altgeld. If we listen to them,
they will bring us to ruin. We will be cast
out on the right of way. They do not give
a straw for us They want our votes and
are out looking for office. If free silver
prevails We will be on level with the
Chinaman the Mexican and the Russian
serfs, and I do not think We, as a class.
can live on the Chinaman's diet cents
worth of rice per day-and drink Mexican
cactus juice. But this is what we will have
to come to If ever free silver has its day.
We have had experience for the last three
years of the Wilson bill. What did that
bring out? 1t brought out Coxey's and
Kelley's tramp armies by the thousand.
Free silver would bring out tramp armies
by the million, and. no doubt. they would
tramp on the White House grass.
Just think for moment what free silver
would bring to US - railway employees.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-19

Mr.. Cowherd has stood too close to the
election thieves to be trusted by the peo-
pie John May was Cowherds appointee
as street commissioner-the position
through which he welded his power SO
unscrupulously over employees of the city.
Mr.. Cowherd was also the counsel and
adviser of the indicted election stealers and
was instrumental in enabling the biggest
of them TO escape Justice. The time when
Kansas City was vic;imized and disgraced
by the frauds Of this notorious gang is too
xeceat fQr the gspg's sgeuts and friends
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-19
Wages in silver Countries.

From the New York World.
China. Japan. India, Mexico and some
South American countries use the silver
standard.
Argentina (South America) tried "cheap
money" q few years ago. Dollars" from
other South American countries were in
circulation. They had only y cents worth
Of metal. so they passed for only q cents.
the bullion value.
Then Argentina made its own money sys-
tenn. At first all went well. But the gold
reserve was tampered with and silver
soon became irredeemable. A panic fol-
lowed. Prices went up from 100 to 800 per
cent. There was abundant silver. but mer-
chants feared to take 1t because silver kept
going down. Wages did not increase with
prices. The poor man doing the same
amount. Of work received only a third the
old worth Of his days work.
Some American school teachers went
there for 800 a month in gold. Under the
silver standard the salaries were paid in
silver. When they tried to go home the
price Of passage was the same as before in
gold. but three times as much in silver or
paper,
This shows how things would work in the
United States with a silver standard.
In Mexico wages are about half what
they are in the United States. Prices are
nearly double. In Sonora laborers get 81 to
Is cents a day: factory hands (men), Is
cents to 81: miners, 50 cents to 8; artisans.
Is cents to s.. Skilled labor brought from
the United States must be paid higher
prices. But the great body Of workingmen
are victims of the silver curse.
Japan il becoming an Americanized coun-
try. Manufactures are increasing. Wages
have gone up. But prices have risen faster
than wages. While wages have increased
IA per cent, food has increased q per cent.
Carpenters get under 20 cents a day; gov
ernment clerks from $3.50 to. so a month:
teachers from $3.50 to $40 month.
China is stiN behind the times. We know
what Chinese wages are. Laborers get
from 70 10 cents q day; skilled woekmen
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-19

The pay car would come around and pay
us-the few of Us that would be left in the
service-and give us our checks. We would
take these checks to the merchants to set
tie our bills, and they would say: "Silver
bullion to-day is worth 5l1a cents. l have
to charge you 1 cent brokerage per dollar"
How much would We have left to pay house
rent grocer bill. and clothe ourselves and
families? The chances would be very slim
to come out even. To sum 1t all up in
nutshell. We want protection and sound
dollar. We have at present the best money
In the world. Let it be SO. Do not let the
free silver craze carry us away. Let the
railroad companys interest be our inter-
est. Let us not slay the goose that lays
the golden egg. or, in other words. let us
protect our jobs and salaries. The very
idea of us railway employees voting for
man who proposes to overthrow the su-
preme court. the very foundation of the
republican government. and. with one dash
of the pen, overthrow everybody's busi-
ness! We, as wage-earners, would suffer
more than any. Let us sidetrack free sill
Yer and have time orders for main line that
will give us protection and sound money,
and for everybody chance to be employed
n
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-19
SOME SENSIBLE DRESS REFoRMERs.

Fffty-five young women of Brooklyn met
one day last week to complete the organi-
cation of a Dress Culture Club. The an
nounced purpose of the organization is to
combat the threatened restoration of the
hustle and pull-back gown in vogue a dec
ade or so ago, and also to reform the fash
ion of the street costumes of to-day.
Women have such a prolific way Of Or
ganizng dress reform clubs that this
Brooklyn organization would hardly be
worthy of mention but for an innovation
which makes it as unique as it is refresh
ing. 1t was not proposed by these Brook
lyn maidens to sacrifice any of the beau
ties of their costumes, but to devise If pos
sihle, some system of dress which would be
even more captivating than the present
style, and which at the same time would
conform to good sense and comfort. As a
rule, the organization of dress reform
club means the gathering together of lot
of female cranks who believe that nothing
can be sensible unless it is ugly, and who
are always hunting for some article of
apparel which will make them look less
like women and more like men.
Some of the reforms which these Brook
-
fail of being of interest to the feminine
readers of the Journal. In the first place,
solemn VOW was taken not to wear the
hustle and the pull-back, even if the order
came direct from the throne in Paris. Then
1t was agreed that no lady should appear
on the street with a dress which failed to
clear the ground full three inches, and
which on rainy days should rise to the
height of at least six inches Next came
the shoes. After an animated discussion it
was resolved never again to wear high
heeled shoe. The model adopted provides
for a broad, low heel and ample soles. with
high tops and laces. Here the ladies
stopped. 1t was suggested by one of the
speakers that reform must be accomplished
by gentle and insinuating degrees, and that
until the pull-back and hustle had been
buried in oblivion and the high heels con-
signed to antiquity it would be better to
avoid the subject of bonrets and cloaks
and leave their selection to the taste of in
dividual members.
So far as We have been able to discern,
the ladies of Brooklyn provided no method
by which their masculine fellow citizens
may vote on their proposed reforms. but if
such an opportunity were afforded the mo-
ton would be carried unanimously and by
reclamation.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-19
HOW 1T HELPS THE FARMER.

During his recent tour Of Kansas Senator
]. B. Foraker, OF Ohio, devoted himself
largely to the tariff. At one of his Central
Kansas meetings ne was interrupted by
Populist in the audience who asked the
speaker if he could point out any direct
benefit the farmers received from protect
i've tariff. The interruption gave the
speaker an opportunity to tell of a great
many farming interests which were fos
tered by a protective tariff. but one in par
ticular came home to the Kansas farmer
with striking force.
The Kansas farmer Is with hardly an
exception, n stock grower. His most GER
tain source of revenue is found in the few
steers he turns into cash each fall. Laws
affecting the cattle market apply to him
direct. and it requires no jugglery with
figures to prove that the Mckinley tariff
on cattle resulted in substantial benefits
to him. This law collected duty of Sc
per head upon cattle under year old, and
a duty of $40 head upon cattle over l
year old. 1t was high enough to virtually
preserve the cattle market of the United
States TO home grown cattle. The Wilson
German law changed this duty to 20 per
cent ad valorem, and the result was
tremendous importation of foreign cattle.
This increase may be read in the following
table, the last year given being the first
wear under fha WilSop-Csorrnop
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-19

sailed and threats are made to overturn the
whole financial system under which it has
so greatly prospered when revolutionary
and anarchistic sentiments are boldly pro-
claimed in party platforms and from the
stump, and when the business of the coun-
try is paralyzed by reason of threatened
Reputation and the debasen,ent of the
currency, which is the very Ife-blood of
trade. it would be appropriate and timely
for all patriotic people to show to these
enemies of the public welfare that patri-
otto citizens are standing shoulder to shoul-
der for the common good.
To this end Chairman Hanna asks every
opposer. of the dangerous principles ad-
vocated byi the Chicago platform to raise
the American flag on the 3lst day of oc-
tober. Every business house in Kansas
City should fly the colors on that day: they
should float from every workshop and fac
tory and flaunt from every steeple as a
sign to, the advocates of reputation that
patriots are still on guard in this country.