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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-08
ENGlNEERING NOrES.

Ihs Ger, mouies attending the layirg
of the cor. er-sto Of the Alexander
I.I. bridge, in Paris, oy tue p,esen'
Cz,r, led ). c rrespondent OF the "Gcaie
| Cicd' 10 investigate the origin of tho
Gu tom ofindulging such foimali les. He
tour 4 that in ancient Greece bridges
were built according to sort Of srchi-
cfural ri ua!, aud by members Of the
priesthood. la old Rome ii was long
heId that The Tiber would destroy any
bridge thrown over it except that
know rs the Snblicius, and The use cf
iron in such structure was entirely
forbidden as too profane and humdrum a
| metal for bridge work The repairs to a
bridge were carried out under the di
rection Of the pontifex or brdge-maker,
and were pretaced by many ceremonies
on the banks and the structure itself
La the middle ages there was religious
order called the "Freres Pontifes,n or
Bridgebuilding Brothers, which worked
in Provence and Lang uedoc Among
the bridges said to have been built by
this order is that of Sain: Esprit, over
the Rhone. 1t was constructed
in the last part of the thirteenth
century, and is 242l feet in length, with
twenty six arches. In most legendery
bridges, the devil seems to have been
regarded as the builder, and the Eu-
ropean traveller is accustomed to hear
variations Of the same tale told concern
ing most Of the old stone arches he
sees The general idea is that The peo-
PIE OF g district are in sad want of
1ridge, but being without the knowl
edge or means of constructing one, are
at loss as how to proceed until the
devil appears on the scene and kindly
offers 10 build it, provided the first liv
ing creature over it is given to him.
The parish priest orders the offer to be
accepted, the bridge is built, and then
hen, goat, dog, or some other beast,
is driven over it as the DEVILS due, the
priest standing by to sprinkle holy
water on the structure as soon as the
unfortunate animal is over, thus pre-
vent its builder from wrecking it out OF
spite at the trek played upon him. In
view OF the many bridges of which this
tale is told in some form, it does not APP
pear that his satanic majesty can have
much OF the intelligence currently at.
tributed to him. Human sacrifices at
the laying of the foundation of bridge
must have been made at one time in
Europe, for even in this century the
oeasantry in certain places, particular
" in Germany, believed that children
were walled into one of the piers of
every large bridge when it was built.
1t is known that the blood OF some ani-
mal was often sprinkled on the first
stone laid for such structure, eLd
he Scotch have saying:
If you wish this bridge to resist flood,
Place the foundation between water aud
blood
As late as 1872, when bridge was
ouilt in Herzegovina, black sheep
was sacrificed upon each main stone OF
the foundation and gold coin placed
under each stone. The idea uuderly
ing such customs seems to be much the
same as that OF breaking a bottle Of
wine Oh the stem of ship when it l.
leunched, practice apparently SUR
vivai OF the older custom of making
human sacrifice on such an occasion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-08
For Fifty Years

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED Kennedy Mrs
Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for
over fifty years y millions of mothers for
their children while teething, with perfect
success 1t soothcs the child, softens the gums,
allsys all pain. cures wind collie, and is the
best emedy for Diarrhea Is pleasant 10 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 snd take no other kind.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-08
NIaprC1N

When deaths hand IS on your shoulder
DON'T stop don't hesitate Shake il off!
When you begin TO lose flesh and vitality
when you feel the gho5tly fingers dragging
away your health and vigor do not waste
time. Take prompt measures TO regain your
life. Take DR.. PieTces Golden Medical
Discovery the most narvelously efficient
tonic and blood builder ever discovered
It's effect is almost immediate. Renewed
strength follows il just IS surely as sunrise
follows night. Il makes sound, healthy,
solid flesh, and not flabby fat like cod liver
oil IL goes right 70 the root OF the trouble
and cures the cause. Il makes the digestive
organs do theiT proper work. Helps to di-
gest the food, and adds to II the purifying.
strengthening, vitalizng properties needed
by the impoverished blood and the over
worked nerves Do not let an INSCRIPTIONS
druggist impose on YOU with sonnet thing
just as good It's matter Of life and
death with you. Get wha; you ask ior.
~ have been afflicted with rheumatism and
kidney trouble which botheTcd me so that sii-
Irrcd untold pain " writes AIr. c. B. White cf
Grove, Geauga Co. Ohio. ~ was afraid would
lose my mind. Attiales was almost entirely help
less. There had not been night for three wears
that could rest IN any position. Had tried al
most everything but obtained no relief until I
used three bottles OF II aud think / ain well OF
both diseases. I fee to-day well as 1 ever did
II all n. life. cannot say too much for DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery"
Neglected constipation means headache neart-
burn, sour stomach, foul taste in the mouth, bill
iousnesS, piiuples, and palpitatiou of the heart.
All or any of these are good things not TO have.
Constipation is promptly cured by Dr. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. One for mild cases, otherwise
two. Druggists sell them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-08
Now in Fnll Operation.

PRACTICAL AND EXPERIENCED ME
CHANTCS Run IT.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-08

If you don't know what you want we can
toll you. We will keep in stock and meet
competition on the following goods; viz:
FRAMES, SASH DOORS, BLINDS, BRACk"
ETS, MOULDINGS, MAEPELS, NEWEl.S,
BALUSTERS. FLOORING, RUSTIC SID
ING. DRESSED BOARDS, &c. SQUARE
TURNED WORK a SPECIALITY. special
attention given to Church. Sore. 0ihce and
Porch Work. All communications rom IN
country promptly answered and si orde'
promptly filled Esrimara7 cbeoric.iy 1Hi
nished 'eoi47 "
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-08
ALEXANDRIA VA. MONDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 8. |
GROCERIES,.
Fresh Meats
GROCERIES.

FRESH EGGS. per dozen. n.....................15
300 DRESSED TURKEY, CHI HENS
AND GEESE. ............... ...............
PRIME RIB ROAST. ........ o and l 2c
t')'D aohSl ......
GOOD STE X Observation-Disclosures. .... 0c
SicH BE ...................o oc
P0Rg CHnPs.. =. ......:.....9c 2 h for %
PURE HOME NADE LARl'... 81, l!.s for 4!5c
GOOD vIRG'NIA ROLL BUTT ;H.......1fc
CHOICE Is .0t G
200 POUNDS CHOICE CREAM.EY
BUTTER, in lb and p b prin,....... g..
Car Load of Choice Michigan WHITE
STAR POTATOES, per bull cl. .......... :jc
50 Barrels Fancy New York Han. Pack.
ed APPLE. per barrel... ISL 40
We vi have for sale on Saturday choice
lot of DR. sSED TURKEY, CniCKENS
and RABBITS.
Is-HoME TELEPHONE NO. 100
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-08
nEY GOODS.


One lot fine unlaunered plated bosom Shirts reduced from
75c to soc
One lot fine aundered Shirts platte BOSOM reduced from
81 6)c
large lot OF fine imported Nansooks former prices &c to
reduced for this sale Sc &C. &C. I2Hc and I5c In
many only little over half value
A few of our csc White Speads left.
rnx7see Our Window Displays Above Goods -@sN
large line of Spring Gnghams good Styles at SC. line
of Wash Goods. were Sc and 1oc for this sale &C.
One lot "a ringed 5eached Table Cloths. former price
S., reduced to s..
One lot fine 1914 ringed beached Table Damask former
price "a reduced to S.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-31
New and Fashionable Dessert.

A new and fashionable dessert is
ice-cream croquettes. These are more
intricate in appearance than in con-
struction, for they are merely any good
ice cream packed in croquette-shaped
moulds, which, when they are about to
be served, are dipped in chopped al
monds, Drowned to further carry out
the illusion, and then covered with a
claret sauce. This sauce, good for so
many things, but especially for frozen
dainties of one kind and another, is
more often spoiled by overlooking
than by any other untoward circum-
stance. The syrup, one cup of sugar
with one-fourth cup of water, must
boil but minute or two, and then be
removed from the fire to COOL If it
shows any crystallization, little more
water must be added and another cook
ing tried. 1t should be clear, and not
quite SO thick as ordinary molasses.
Four tablespoonfuls of claret are ad-
ded after it is cold.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-31
A FILIBUSTER CHIEF.
EXPLOITS OF GEN. NUNEZ, THE
GREAT CUBAN OUTFITTER.

A Patriot Who Possesses Nerve and STRAIT
Expedition After Expedition on the ISL
and-His Most Famous Adventure.
General Emilio Nunez is known as
the pirate" of the Cuban cause. He
is the chief of the filibusters. There
is enough of the sensational in his
makeup to entrance youthful minds,
and if all his experiences on expedi-
tons were written they would furnish
enough pabulum to satisfy the most
voracious reader of tales of adventure.
He has sent between thirty and for
ty expeditions to Cuba during the
present struggle. Most Of them were
successful. General Weyler would
feel happy if some day the chief of the
filibusters should fall into Spanish
hands. 1t would go hard with Nunez,
but the pirate" has no fear that he
will be captured. He simply laughs at
any suggestion of being made prison.
er of war.
eff they ever capture me-" he says,
cit will not be before am dead"
The chief of the filibusters is vet
eran of the Ten Years War. When he
was eighteen years old he entered the
Cuban army and fought to the close Of
that struggle. Before the war ended
he had risen to a colonelcy. When
peace was restored Nunez came to this
country and as soon as the legal time
had elapsed, was naturalized as an
American citizen. He had lost all his
money in the struggle and he sought a
fortune in the United States. During
the war between Chilli and Peru he
was offered a generalship in the army
of the latter country. This he de-
clined, stating that he would fight
only for the freedom of Cuba or for his
adopted land.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-31
THE MAVERICK CASE.
EFFORTS STILL MAKING TO SECURE
HER RELEASE FROM PRISON.

The Exertions of the Late Gail Hamilton to
Induce the British Authorities to Review
the Evidence Concerning the Unfortunate
American Woman.
The case of Mrs. Maybrick, the
American woman incarcerated in an
English prison, whose case has been
a cause celebre for the past eight years,
has again attracted attention because
of the recent appeal made by President
Mckinley to Lord Salisbury through
the United States embassy in London
for clemency.
When Mrs: Maybrick was tried in
Liverpool for the attempted murder Of
her husband, no one for moment sup
posed that a verdict of guilty could or
would be found. When the real result
of the trial was made public the peo-
pie were aghast. She had been found
gailty of murder in the first degree
and sentenced to death. Nothing had
been proved. She had been charged
with one crime and sentenced for an
other, and the judge, then in failing
mind, shortly afterward, retired from
the bench.
The trial itself was so doubtful that
the sentence was committed, which
never would have been done under the
rigid English law had the evidnce been
conclusive. The fact that a reprieve
was granted is in itself an assurance
that the home Office, stubborn and i'm
placable as it has been, was not alb
solutely convinced.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-31

Two mines in Colorado, stock farm
in Wisconsin and a cottage at Asbury
Park where he spends most of his time
are the visible evidences of Ernest
Hogan's efforts to amass a fortune.
These substantial results are mainly
due to this colored mans gift for writ
ing popular songs.
When Hogan was a boy, son of a
bricklayer in Bowling Green, KY, he
was one of the shining lights in the
amateur circus and theatrical perform
ances. He ran away from home with
a strolling troupe, and gradually rose
from being end man to the dignity of
a star and a manager of his own COM
pany. His monthly song royalties
now amount to about $500. OF this,
the greater portion is derived from
"All Coons Look Alike to Me-" the
music of which he composed one night
while taking a walk through a city
lark. And SO fertile has he been in
originating ideas that he has a week
ly income of $3.50 from those in use by
various professionals.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-31
Powdered Crab AZ a Medicine.

A Russian journal that has recently
come under our notice calls attention
to the fact that for some twenty years
past the inhabitants of malarial To-
cality in the Government of Kharkov
lave used powdered crabs with great
success in the case of fevers. The
owder is prepared in the following
way: Live crabs are poured over
with the ordinary whisky until they
get asleep; they are then put on a
bread-pan in hot oven, thoroughly
dried and pulverized, and the powder
passed through a fine sieve. One Dose
a teaspoonful, is generally sufficient to
cure the intermittent fever; in very
obstinate cases a second dose is re-
quired. Each dose is invariably pre-
coded by a glass of aloe brandy as a
purgative The powder is used in
that locality in preference to quinine.
So says the journal. We will not
youch for it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-31

At the outbreak of the present Gu
ban war he was appointed by General
Gomez to be the head of the filibusters
because of his peculiar qualifications
He was given the rank of brigadier
general. General Nunez has a cool
head. He has the reputation of being
fearless, and his dislike for the Span
ish government is intense: He has a
supreme contempt for the Spanish
forces in Cuba and talks in a jesllng
manner of the naval vessels which
Spain has around the Queen of the
Antilles.
why, if had two cruisers like the
New York and the Philadelphia of the
American navy" said he to me, "the
whole Spanish naval force around Gu
ba would disappear in a few days.
Their gunboats are no good. When
one of our filibustering steamers fires
shot at them they run away. All
that is necessary is to show fight"
Nunez has rough side to his char
acter. He is dare devil. On many
of the expeditions his men would be-
come alarmed at the appearance of a
Spanish gunboat and would express a
fear of being captured. Then Nunez
would light his cigar and laugh.
1--WE are not caught yet," he would
reply. Give them a shot,
The filibusters would then fire shot
at the enemy and Nunez would order
the steamboat to go at full steam. The
Spanish gunboat would prove too slow
for the filibusters' fast going steamer
and the pirate of the Cuban cause
would laugh at the men for their USE
less fears.
On all the filibustering steamers
Nunez always had torpedoes. In case
he should be attacked by a Spanish
war ship he determined to sink the
enemy's vessel with one of the terri
BILE instruments of death.
The chief of the filibusters is forty
three years old. He is above the av-
erage height, has broad shoulders and
a splendid physique. His face is
bronZed by exposure, and the lines
show his strong character. He has
close cropped beard, and he converses
fiuently in English. His manner is
rather debonair for a pirate" His
eyes are deep brown, and, when you
look into them, they show tenderness
as we'll as determination.
General Nunez explained his success
in landing expeditions. 1T is not
such a difficult matter" said he. 1.-THE
main point is to select a proper place
to equip an expedition here. Now, of
all places Philadelphia is the worst. If
we should be caught in Philadelphia
we would be sent to Jail. The Court
is bitter against US. New York is the
best place. OF course, it is advisable
that our steamers be loaded out in the
open sea.
When we get the men, arms and
ammunition on board then l feel that
the expedition is pretty sure of sue
cess. We are not afraid of those
Spanish gunboats. They will never
fight if they find that we have guns on
board. One shot from our steamer is
sufficient, The gunboat sneaks back
into port.
did you ever come near being
captured?" I asked.
mo, don't think we were ever in
real danger. What's the use of ex-
pecting any? The Spaniards don't
want to be fired at. They want to do
all the firing"
At this point the chief of the fill
busters launched into a contemptuous
description of the Spanish military
forces in Cuba.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-31

Locomotives, like human beings,
have their ailments, many of which
defy the skill of those deputed to look
after them. We hear of tired razors,
simple complaint which vanishes af-
ter brief period of repose, but foco-
motives are apt to betray indisposition
even after a days rest and much oil
ing of the various parts. Two good
engines may be made on the most ap-
proved principle. They may each
cost-as those of the London and
Northwestern railway do-G2 200, and
yet one will exhibit from the first a
hardihocd of constitution altogether
wanting in it's companion. A first
class locomotive, of 300 horsepower.
costing $4,000, is expected to travel
during it's life 100000 miles, or, say
13,0e0 miles Per annum for fifteen
years; yet now ard then an en- n is
time as to he able in is Old age to
found so impervious to the assaults of
Go it's daily work With all the zest and
vigor of youngster.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-31

Travellers in Siberia tell of the won
derful flower that grows there, and
which blossoms only in January, when
the winter is at it's height. The bios
som has something of thecharacteristic
Of morning glory" lasting only a
single day. The flower, when it opens,
is star shaped, it's petals of the same
length as the leaves, and about half an
inch in width. On the third day the
extremities Of the anthers, which are
five in number, show minute, glisten-
ing specks, veritable vegetable dia-
monds, about the size of a pins head
these are the seeds of the flower. A
Russian nobleman named Anthoskoff
took a number of the seeds to st. Pc
tersburg. They were placed in pot of
snow and frozen earth. On the cold
est day of the following January the
miraculous flower burst through its
icy covering and displayed it's beauties
to the wondering scientists. The plant
has been very appropriately named
the snow flower"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-31
How Market Hunters Work.

Nebraska market hunters have re-
duced the slaughter to an exact sci
ence. Usually they travel in twcs.
They carry a small cart ard two good
dogs. A cow pony is attached to the
vehicle and the hunters go into the
open country. They start the pony
on slow walk, with the dogs ranging
100 yards ahead. With their guns
ready they walk en- each side of the
cart few yards. When the dogs
make stand a wave of the hand stops
the pony. The men advance with
their pump guns. If not more than
half dozen chickens rise at once they
wipe out the covey without moving
from their first stand. If it is large
covey and the birds scatter over the
prairies in proper cover they pick
them up slowly until the whole bunch
is annihilated. Nothing but favorable
cover for the birds can prevent the
complete desti NC ion of a covey VIII n
two market hunters flush a bunch.
They set 81 a dozen for birds and it
is a poor days work when they fail
to get FIVE dozen fat chickens on fav-
cradle stretch of Nebraska prairie.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-31
ABOUT THE HOUSE,
Banishes Odor of Food.

The odor of food is always to be
dreaded in the upper rooms of a home
where sometimes there seems no pre-
venting the penetration, no matter how
far removed the kitchen, of certain
highly scented dishes. In the sick
room this is peculiarly to be feared,
as is the lingering odor of medicines
and of food carried there, which often
distresses the invalid. In such cases
it is we'll to have laid aside, for the
purpose, a number of sheets Of brown
wrapping-paper, which have been
soaked in saltpetre water and allowed
to dry. On one of these pieces hand
full of dried flowers of lavender-to be
bought of any druggist-should be
placed, and then the whole laid in a
fireproof utensil, as coal-scuttle,
should be set blazing. The refreshing
scent will completely destroy any riv-
al, and will not prove remedy worse
than the disease.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-31
Indispensable to Beauty.


A pretty woman must first of all
have clearly cut, regular features. She
must have full, clear eyes. She must
have a skin that is above reproach,
untouched by rouge or powder. She
must have glossy hair that has never
known the touch of bleach or dye. She
must have good figure, plump
enough, yet slender enough, though
never suggestive of an angle. She
must have a white, expressive hand,
preferably small one, but not of nee
essity, if it is we'll kept and white. She
must have small ears and throat that
is like marble column for her head
She must know how to put ON her
clothes, or she loses half her beauty.
She must fully understand what best
suits her in the way of hair-dressing,
and cling closely to that.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-31
A Peerless Liniment.

AS pain destroyer and cure for
rheumatism, Salvation Oil is the peer
of all liniments. Mr.. VIM. II. Brown,
proprietor of Striebinger House, Cleve-
land, O., writes: II suffered from
rheumatism for twelve years and my
last attack kept me in bed, unable to
walk. l used Salvation Oil and soon
was up and about. AS a pain de-
stroyer this 1lniment has no equal"
Salvation Oil is sold everywhere for
25 cents. Try it and be convinced.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-31
A Hint on Glove Mending.

Don't turn your gloves and sew up
the rips on the wrong side. Women
are advised to do this by many who
ought to know better. Sewing up rips
on the wrong side gives the finger ends
snubby look, which is ugly. 1t is
impossible to take a seam which has
been commenced on one side and finish
it on the other and have it look well.
The seams to kid gloves are sewed on
the right side. When glove begins
to rip it has usually seen considerable
service. 1t can be mended to look we'll,
but old clothes never look as well as
new
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-31
THE DREADED CONSUMPTION.
T. A. SLCCuM, M. c., THE GREAT CHEMIST
AND SCIENTIST. WILL SENT FREE, TO
THE AFFLICTED. THREE BOTTLES
OF HIS NEWLY DISCOVERED REM
EpIES 10 CURE CONSUMPTION


EDIES TO CURE CONSUMPTION
AND ALL LUNG TROUBLES.
Nothing could be fairer. more philan
tllropic or carry more JOY to the afflicted,
than the offer of T. A Socum, NJ. G., of
1883 Pearl street, New York City.
Confident that he has discovered an alb
solute cure for consumption and all pull
monary complaints and to make its great
merits known, he will send, free, three
bottles of medicine, to any reader of The
Midland Journal who is suffering from
chest, bronchial, throat and lung troubles
or consumption.
medicine" has permanently cured thou
sands of apparently hopeless cases.
The Doctor considers it his religious
duty-a duty which he owes to humanity
to donate his infallible cure.
Offered freely, is enough to commend it,
and more so is the perfect confidence o..
the great chemist making the proposition.
He has proved the dreaded consumption
to be durable disease beyond any doubt
There will be no mistake in sending
the mistake will be in overlooking the
generous invitation. He has on file in his
American and European laboratories ties
timonials of experience from those cured,
in all parts of the world.
Don't delay until it is too late Address
7. A. Slocum NJ c, 90 Pine street, New
York and when writing the Doctor, please
give express and post office address, and
mention reading this article in The Mid
land Journal.