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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-12-24
RAILROADS.
VXTASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA AND
w MOUNT VERNON RAILROAD.
FOR WASHINGTON

Leave Alexandria, corner King and Royal
streets. also stops at King and WashiI gIon,
King and Payne streets and King and Spring
Park, week days. at 5 55, 6 %. 6 So, 90
(expresa), 7 4S (express) s 90, 8 20 (express'
8 90, 8 80, 10 90, IL 90 and II 40 a: m.
and II 25 O6 (expres) 1 Is, 90. Az,
3 O6, (exprees). 90, 25. 45 (eS press J,
4 AZ, Is (express) 5 40, 6 10. Z 90. 7 10
(express) 8 90. 9 90. 10 90 and 90 p m;
Suudays-8 90. 8 Is, 8 00ana 10 90 and
II 90 a. NJ. - 25, O6 2 90, 3 o6, 4 -,
5 is. 6 10, TO, 8 90, 30, 10 % aud
II O0p.m.
FOR ALEXANDRIA.
Leave Washington, fir Ill the corner OF
Pennsylvania avenue and 1875 street, week
days, 40, 7 05. 80 (exp,ess), 8 90, ~
(express) 9 90, 9 so 10 5 (express), II Oo
and I 1 45 a. m. and IL 90 (expressl IL 80
10, as, 2 05 (exlres-). 2 40, 3 30, 4 o0
(express), 4 Is. A AS (-xpress). 90. ~
(express) 5 40. O5 xprcss). 20. 7 90
90. 9 90, 10 90, II 20 and IL 80 D. m.
Sundays 90, 8 CO. 1905 and II 90
q. m and u 05 m. and / ID. %, 80
15 90, 6 %, 7 90, 500, 8 90. IL 90 and
II 20 p. m
Leave Alexandria for Mount Vernon and
way stations, daily except sunday. ut u
10 80 a. m. and u 30, 30. and a A
p nj. Leave Alexandria for Mount Vernon
Sundays only at IL and II 30 M. and
43 p. N. Leave Mount Vernon daily al
46 a m. and ID AZ. , ~, 20 and > 30
m. Sunday only at As a. IN. and II %
and 35 n.
Hourly trains from Arlington Junction to
Arlington and Rosslyn.
Baggage carried and checked at King and
Royal streets Alexandria, and 13ib anu
Pennsylvania Avenue. Washington, free. b
cycles carried % cents each.
Communication tickets are sold at the offices
of the Mt. Vernon Bailr,ad at the following
rates:
Fare. Alexandria to Washingtor, 15 cents
rouLd. trip. 25 cents. Commutation rates
Quarterly tickets $12.5G; monthly tickets
$4.65; school tickets $3 10; family trim
tickets So %; package tickets. 90 cents.
@. E. ABBOT. GEO. r. PHILLIPS,
General Manager. General Passenger :
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-12-24

T LIGHTNING HOT DROPS cures Cholera
IL Morbus, Heals Flesh Wounds and Bruises,
cures rheumatism, Neuralgis and all kinds
OF Pain, cures Cramps, Diarrhes and Summer
Complaint, cures Sore Throat and Quinsy.
WAKEFIELD & HALL
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-12-24

A LUMINUM COMBs.-Will neither warp
n nor tarnish, much superior and more
durable that Horn, Ivory, shell or Rubber,
and will not break, for sale by
E. 8. L4EADBEATER & SONS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-12-24
Southern Educationa1 Convention.

The Southern Railway will sell round trip
tickets to Mobile and return for one first class
limited fare for the round trip plus So mem
bershp fee Tickets to be sold December %
to %, with final limit to January 10, 1897.
dec23 eot2S
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
CANNIBAL PLANTS,
They Are Sure to Languish When Deprived
 of Their Diet of Meat.

of Their Diet of Meat.
 It has been proved time and again that the so called "cannibal plants," of which the Venus fly trap is the type, are much more healthy when allowed their regular insect food than when they are reared under netting or in any other manner which excludes them from their regular meat diet. The above is an oddity of itself, especially when we consider the fact that there is certain school of botanists which teaches that cannibal plants make no use whatever of the insect prey captured by them, but it is nothing compared with the bold assertion made by Francis Darwin. That noted scientific gentleman bravely meets the vegetarian botanist" with the assertion that all kinds and classes of plants, whether known as 'meaters' or not, bear more and heavier fruits and seeds when fed on meat than those that are not allowed flesh diet. He grew two lots, comprising various vari- cites of the different common plants.
 One lot was regularly fed, through their roots of course, with pure juices compressed from meat, the other with water and the various fertilizers. The final figures on this experiment proved that the plants which were fed pure meat juice bore 168 fruits of the differ ent kinds, while the unfed plants of the same number and original condition bore but "A; also, that the pampered plants bore 240 seeds to every 100 borne by the plants that were not given a chance to gratify cannibalistic taste. This is certainly discovery worthy of much careful study and extensive ex pertinent Cincinnati Enquirer.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
The Armenians.

F. Marion Crawford, the novelist, who has met many Armenians in the east, says of them: "I doubt whether they are the innocent, confding, inof- fensive Christians that the American people believe them to be. My experi- ence with them is that they are the sharpest, shrewdest and trickiest of all the eastern people. They say in Turkey that it takes ten Jews to equal one Ar menian and five Armenians to equal one Persian in sharp business dealings. They have many able men among them, and doubt not that their leaders have to a certain extent fomented this trou- ble, hoping that the governments of Europe would interfere and that Arme- mia would be entirely freed from Turk ish rule.
 In regard to the Turks he says: 1T would rather trade with @ Turk or Jew in any part of the east than with a Christian. I have the highest respect for Christianity, but the Christians of the east are not like us. The business men among them are to a large extent set of sharpers, so much so that the words oriental Christian in the minds of eastern travellers is almost synonymous with that of thief. The Turks are, as a rule, very devout. Nearly all of them read the Koran, and even the men of the better classes are careful to conform to the details of everyday Mohammedan worship. "--New York Tribune.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
A Nriraoulous Cross in the skv.

A miraculous cross upon the heavens was seen by Fungus, King of Picts. It was at a time when Achaius, King of the Scots, and Fungus were routed by Athelstan, King of Northumberland. They had been defeated at every turn, and in their disordered flight had come to East Lothian. The first night in the country last mentioned was one of terrible forebodings to the fugitive kings, and during his troubled sleep Fungus dreamed Che claimed it to be a viSion) that he saw the cross of Saint Andrew (the X) held out upon the sky, and that it waved back and forth 'as a signal for him to press on to victory"
 Early the next day the fugitives be- gan to retrace their steps, and during the day, so tradition says. Fungus and all his army saw verification of the previous nights vision or dream in the shape of titanic Saint Andrews cross clearly pictured on the heavens. All of King Fungus soldiers, being now satisfied that the sign" was a token of victory, were only too anxious to meet the Northumberland invaders, from whom they had ben flying in such wild disorder the day before, and if history is to be believed, they did meet Athels- tan, whom they killed after they had utterly annihilated his army.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
A COMING MAN.
John K. cowen, the New President
 of the Baltimore and Ohio.

IoI1n K. Cowen, the New President
 of the Baltimore and Ohio.
 John K. Cowen, member of Congress from the Fourth Maryland district, who was recently elected to the presidency of the Baltimore ana Ohio Railroad, has been prominent in the politics of his State for many years. He is said to be in close contact with President Cleveland, and it is argued that in view of this fact and the political enmity existing between MT. Cowen and Sena- tor German, Mir. Cowen's selection as president of the Baltimore and Ohio has no little political significance.
 MT. Cowen was born in Ohio about 55 years ago. He was graduated from Princeton College, at which institution he formed an intimate acquaintance with Robert Garrett, which is responsi- ble for MT. Cowen's present influential position. The intimacy was continued after the young men left college, and at the suggestion of his father, John w. Garrett, then at the head of the Bal timOre and Ohio road, MT. Garrett in- duced MT. Cowen to settle in Balt-
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
Sulphur.

A curious chemical result of expert ments made by Strindberg, as noted in Annales Industrielles, is that sulphur is not only not simple body, but not even an original one, being simply a common fossil rosin or bitumen. He finds that when sulphur is melted at about 90 degrees, it disengages an odor of turpentine or camphor, and if a trace of iodine be added the odor be- comes more marked. If it be heated anew to between 160 degrees and 2S0 degrees, it loses oxygen and drops to the level of caoutchouc. of which latter it assumes the color and consistency ; then, if the brown and viscous liquid which is obtained in this manner be cooled, it preserves its nature for a cer- tain length of time, and then resumes it's state of rOsin.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
REED ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
The Publication of His Views Hailed With
 Delight by Many Women.

I
 The publication recently of Speaker Reeds woman suffrage views has caused no end of comment, and the distinguish ed subject of the publication has re- ceived fervid letters of congratulotion and devoted allegiance from all sections of the country. He has been greeted by swarming delegation of enthusiastic woman suffragists at all hours during the past few days. There have been so many of them in Washington that this is not surprising. They have called at his hotel early in the morning and late at night. They have besieged the speak er's room at the capitol until the fright ened speaker has had to hide himself and his secretary in the cavernous depths under the terrace. If this army of congratulation continues, it will soon grow into marching delegations with bands and banners.
 While there is no reason to believe that Mir. Reed has experienced any change of faith there is reason to believe that he does not look with favor upon the publication of his views at this time. When the reporter sought some new ex- pression of opinion from him, he prompt ly declined to discuss the matter any further. He did seem to resent the inn putation that he had experienced any change of mind because of the time elapsed or because of any political am- bition which he may have.
 There has been so much commenda- tion and so little condemnation of the views from the speakers political friends and allies that a renewed and more affirmative expression of the Same view may soon be looked for. This will make the matter more burning Cam paign issue than ever, and before the campaign is over voters may expect to see large delegations of ambitious wom- en bearing campaign banners in favor of "Tom Reed, the working girls friend. ."-Washington Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
Tho Terrible African Fever.

During 1882 we built Kimpoko ant Gobila stations, explored the Kwa anC Mifini rivers, and discovered Lake Leo pold II, but on returning from this voy age was attacked by violent fever. It was my second experience of the dan gerous hematuric type. was uncon. scious for days, and on recovering my senses found that my legs had swollen to an immense size. For month after. ward it appeared to me as if quarter of hundredweight of mercury had been injected into each leg. Henry NJ. Stan ley in Century.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
BEAUTIFUL THOUGH PAINFUL.

We sing Come Gentle Spring" and are often very sorry that we did anything of the kind, for Spring, though beautiful, IS some times very painful. The very luxu'y we enjoy in the return of the balmy air is the latent source of a great many pains and aches. 1t is because the nerves are relaxed in this way that they become weak and an easy prey to sudden attacks of neuralgia; a tonic of cold healfhful air braces them u'' and makes them strong against any such attack, but the sudden change to warmth makes them liable 10 be preysd upon by this disease. For this sim ole reason the great nerve disorder has many victims at this time, hut we have in St. Jacobs Oil something that restores the tone, vigor and strength of the nerves to what they had been. The prompt use of it in these neu ralgic attacks Of springtime is sure to be followed by a perfect cure.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
SOUTH AFRICAN COOKERY.
The Native Bill of Fare Carries Dssmay
 to the White Man.


 to the White Man.
 A very palatable dish is made of an elephants foot by putting it in a hole, building fire around and over it and keeping it going for five or six hours. Elephants tail is said to be very deli cious when washed, scraped and fried until it is a rich brown. A novel way of making a stew is .practiced by one tribe, who use the animals skin as re- ceptacle for water. Put in this water vegetables and pieces of meat and then add reGhot stones This generates vast quantities of steam and makes the wa ter boil without injuring greatly the surrounding hide. At the end of an hour the contents are cooked and the water has become very fair soup, but little peculiar on account of the amount of cinders, sand and fragments of stone it contains. Still another tribe cook locusts, grasshoppers, katydids and the like, and say they taste great deal like an overcooked shrimp. None of the native tribes, so far as known, ever eat the lion, but they have no such feeling toward other carnivora.
 The jackal, wolf and fox are more or less popular, and are reported to give a very palatable meat. Where our people hang mutton, game and the immortal goose to season it and give it a rich flavor, many South American tribes se- cure the same result by burying meat in the earth and leaving it there for several days. No civilized man has ever been able to eat it in this condition, but the savages pronounce it delicacy of extraordinary merit. Not alene is cannibalism practiced to large extent, but our Darwinian cousins of the mon- kay tribe share the same fate. In the districts where they are employed as food they are very timid and fly at the sight of a human being even at great distance. In other territories, where they are unmolested, they are about as tame and fearless as in South America or India. In nearly all of these tribes the woman is the cook and the waiter, very often the butcher and sometimes the hunter.-New York Mail and Ex- press.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
CONSUMPTION CURED.
An Elixir of Life.
T. 4. slocum Offers to Send Two Bottles Free of His Remedy to Cure Con-
 sumption and all Lung
Troubles.

Troubles.
 Nothing could be fairer, more philan- thropic or carry more joy in it's wake than the offer of T. A. SlOcum, NJ. C., of ISS Pearl Street. New York. Perfectly confi- dent that he has an absolute remedy for the cure of consumption and all pulmonary complaints, he offers through this paper to send two bottles free to any reader who is suffering from lung trouble or consump- ton, also loss of tie b and all conditions Of wasting. He invites those desirous of ob- taining this remedy to send their express and post-otfice address, aud to receive in return the two bottles free, which will arrest the approach of death. Already this rem- edy, by its timely use, has permanently cured thousands of cases which were given up, and death was looked upon aS an early visitor.
 Knowing his remedy as he does, and being so proof-positive of it's benetieent re- suits, Dr. Slocum considers it his religious duty, a duty which he owes to humanity, to donate his iniallible remedy where 1t will assault the enemy in its citadel, and, by it's inherent potency, stay the current Of dlsso- luriOn, bringing joy to homes over which the shadow of the grave has been gradually growing more strongly defined, causing fond hearts to grieye. The cheapness of the remedy-otfered freely-apart from its in- herent strength, is enough to commend 1t, and more so is the perfect confidence of the gr, at chemist making the offer, who holds out life to those already becoming ema- ciated, and says: Be cured"
 The invitation is certainly worthy of the consideration of the afflicted, who, for years, have been taking nauseous nostIumS without effect; who have ostracised em- selves from home and friends to live in more Salubrious chmes, where the atInos- phere is more congenial to weak ened lungs, and who have fought against death with all the weapons and strength in their hands. There will be no mistake in sending for these free bottl. s-the mistake will be in passing the invitation by.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
Chean at the Prina.

''I paid dollar and half for this seat," said the angry plebeian in the front row, "and I didn't come here merely to listen to your chatter"
 My deah fellaw, suavely responded Chollie from the box, "theah aw persons who have gone to the expense of thou sands and still were unable to get with in hearing distance of any of ouah set. You have a bawgain. indianapolis Journal
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
a n k

President Isaac Lewis of Sabina, Ohio, is highly respected all through that section. He has lived in Clinton Go. 75 years, and has been president of the Sabina Bank 20 years. He gladly testiies to the merit of Hoods Sarsa- parilla, and what he says is worthy attention. All brain workers find Hoods Sarsaparilla peculiarly adapted to their needs. It makes pure, rich, red blood, and from this comes nerve, mental, bodily and digestive strength.
 "I am glad to say that Hoods safsapa- rilla is very good medicine, especially as blood purifier. It has done me good many times. For several years suffered greatly with pains of
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
Electricity on Japanese

Electricity on Japanese War Vessels.
 The firing of great guns and the ex. plosion of shells appear to have the effect of disarranging some of the cleo trical devices on warships. The Japa- nese legation in Paris has forwarded to the French government a report re- lating to the recent naval combats in which it is stated, with regard to the electric installations on board the Mikado's warships, that the interrup- tions of current which took place were not caused, as has been said, by the recoil of the guns, but by the bursting of Chinese shells. The working of the ordinance maneuvered by electricity was not interfered with. The electric wires used for igniting charges were, however, broken by the vibration set up by the firing of the heavy guns.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
Not Worthy a Wife.

The missing bridegroom is getting numerous. The latest one's absence from the wedding ceremony is said to have been due to his excessive bashful- ness. A man who is too modest to attend his own wedding doesn t deserve wife, and he isn't likely to get one. Boston Herald.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
Mustard Poultice.

Mix large tablespoonful of mustard with half pint of cornmeal, pour on this hot (not boiling) water and stir on a good fire until it is thick. A little mo- lasses added to this detracts from the danger of the poultice sticking. When the mixture is cooked thick enough, spread between two pieces of thin mus lin, and lay smoothly upon the aching spot. The amount given above will make two or three ordinary poultices.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
His Price Q Difficulty.

"Every man has his price," senten- tiously announced the philosopher of the all night drug store, where the street railroad franchise was being dis cuSsed.
 Well" said the wit of the establish ment, 'I wish somebody would discov- CT my price and offer it to me. '
 My boy," solemnly remarked the perfumery drummer, who had not spo- ken before that evening, "there is DO smaller coin made than cent. t."
 And for several seconds there was no sound heard save the drip, drip of the real mineral waters from the hydrant. - Buffalo Express.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
THE RACK, THE THUMBSCREw
 AND THE BOOT

Were old fashioned il struments of torture long since abandoned, but there Is tor mebtOr who still continues to agcnize the joints, muscles and nerves of many of us. The rhenmati>m, that inveterate foe to daily and nightly comfort, may he conquered by the timely and steady use of Hos etter's Stomach Bitrers, which likewise eIadica es neural1ia, bilious, malarial, bowel, stomach and nerve complaints.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
A Common Error.

One of the very funniest mistakes that nine -tenths of the members of congress make, neither house being excepted, is to continually speak of woman who has lost her husband as ''widow wo- man." Even MT. Barrett used the term. Washington Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
From Good to Better.

Hungary celebrates its one thousandth anniversary this year. It has great na- tional history and spirited, patriotic population, but with all its attractions 75O,OO of its people have chosen to be- come citizens of the United States. St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
Easily Satisfied.

A manufacturer of tombstones in a f1ourishing provincial town one day re- ceived a call from a customer who wished to buy stone for his mothers grave. After looking anxiously about for some time and making numerous remarks as to his mothers taste he finally fixed his gaze upon a stone which the stone-cutter had prepared for another person.
 'T like this one," he said, decidedly: "I'll take this."
 'But that belongs to another man." remonstrated the stonecutter, "and 1t has the name Francis cut on it, you see; that wouldn't do for your mother" |"
 "Oh, yes, it would" responded the countryman. Mother couldn't read; and besides" he added, as he saw the stOnecutter's expression, "she'd like 1t all the better if she could read, for Francis was always a favorite name of hers, anyhow"
 The story is suggestive of one told of a London tradesman suddenly grown rich, who, having set up his carriage in great state, went to harnessmaker to have a silver letter put on the blind CTS of his horses.
 What is the initial?" asked the har- nesSmaker.
 ''The what?" said the rich man, look ing blank.
 What letter shall put on?" inquired the harnessmaker, suppressing his amusement.
 "Well, I hadn't quite made up my mind," answered the customer, "but I guess W is about as handsome letter as any, isn't it?'
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09

The swallow, in preparing its nest, drives it's tunnel first upward and then downward, in order that the nest may be properly drained.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDo,l .,

LUCAS COUNTY. w FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY & Co., doing uiness in the City of Toledo. Count! and State aforesaid. and that sa firm will pa the sum of ONE HUNDRED OLLARS for eacl and every case Of Catarrh that cannot be cureo by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE
 FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and sub. cribed in my presence, this 9th day of December, A. D. 1SS6
 A. w. GLEASON, lsEGLf Notary Public 
 Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and act directly on the blood and mucous surfaces c fhe sys em Send for tDstim nials. ire.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, O E@soId by Druggis s, 75c.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09

Tea Garden Drips is Best Sugar Syrup for table use ever offered to the public. Makes delicious tafy candy First-class dealers sell 1t
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09

There are Dictionaries and Dictionaries but the nOblest Rom of them all seems to he Webster. It is still easily In the lead in the great race for popularity.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09

more and enter the service of the road in the legal department. MT. Cowen did so and was rapidly advanced, be- coming general counsel in 1872. He re- mained in that capacity until his cleo tion as president of the road recently.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-09

On the rolling wave.-She-Take care Alfred. That isn't the remedy for seasickneSs. Don't you see the bottle is marked poison? He-That's the bottle want.