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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-21
By Z. f. Knox. Auchoneer

By K. F. Knox, Aucdoneer.
GALE OF VALUABLE ZEAL ESTATE
~ IN ALEXANDRIA COUNTY, VA-By
virtue of decree of the Circuit Court for the
county of Alexandria, Virginia. rendered in
the chancery cause of Vim. Byeard against
Cary Goings ct ais the undersigned. special
commissioner of sale, will offer for sale at pub
lie auction on
SATURDAY.
June the 18th, 1897. at ) o'clock D. m
in front Of the premises, the following dc.
scribed property, to wit
ALL THAT LOT Or TRACT OF LAND
in the county Of Alexandria, Virginia. about
= miles west from the city OF Alexandria.
Va, situated en- the north side of the Alexan-
dria and Leesburg road, adjoining and east Of
the land OF Capt. Ennis, deceased, ard bound
ed as follows; TO wit: Beginning at p fence
post at the southeast corner OF the land Of
Ennis, deceased, and in the north line of the
Alexandria and Leesburg rosd and running
thence with the cast line Of said Ennis n.
go Z. GAP 2-10 feet to a stake and stones
thence with the land of 1.-THE said EnnisS S. 69Io
f. 2o2 $40 feet to a stake ard stones st tb,
northwest corner of the land of COINS
thence with the west line of said Goings s
" w . DO feet TO a stake in the said
north line Of The Alexandria and Leesbnre
road theme with the north line of the said
road n. ST. w. 241 $40 feet to the bepin-
ming, containing three and one-half c}la)
acres.
Terms Of Sale One-half OF the purchase
money in cash and residue in two eaual nav
menn (6l and twelve az months from the
day OF sale, deferred payments to bear inter.
est at SIX per cent. per annum, evidenced by
bonds of the purchaser, and title to be retain
ed mt purchase money is paid in full. All
conveyancing at cost of purchaser.
DOUGLASS STUART,
Special Commissioner
hereby certify that Douglass Stuart. tAe.
special commissions of sale in the aboyc.
cause, h&s entered into bond in the sum Of
one thousand dollars with approved sccuritv-
as required by the decree of sale aboyo
mentioned.
Teste: H. Fl. YOUNG, Clerk.
my2l IS By B. D. YOUNG. d. C.
GPECTACLES AND EYE GLASSES tn
~ suit any eye; also specialists prescrip.
ton correctly filled by
HENRY W. WIDT.
D N. Royal street.
PROMANGELAN 2 gross, Bromanpelsn
~ lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Straw.
berry Flavou, received to-day by
!. n. MILRURN.
CMALL LOT SHIRT WAISTS for Ladies.
~ formerl, SOC to Csc, to sell out at CSC
and Boo, at
A.. C.. SLAYMAKER'S
THE FAMOUS SPECIFIC. ORANGE.
4 BLOSSOM, a positive cure for all female
For sale by
WAKEFIELD & Hail.
nUCK sUITINGs. latest styles, at
~ 4. G. SLAYMAKER,H.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-21

1 hereby certify that Douglass Stuart, tAe.
special commissioner Of sale in the aboyc
cause, h&s entered into bond in the sum of
one thousand dollars with approved security
as required by tho decree of sale aboyo
mentioned.
Teste; H; H. YOUNG, Clerk.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-29
LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL.

The Irish Trades Congress passed q
resolution demanding the abolition OF
night work for bakers.
Arkansas house Of representatives
killed a bill providing for the building
of railroads by convicts.
The National Union of United Brew
cry Workmen have now over 140 local
unions in the United States and Can
ada.
Last weeks manufacturers Record
gives en- almost interminable list OF
new enterprises in the south aggrega-
ting an investment of many millions
and indicating an exceptionally pros.
porous condition of business in that
section.
Says the Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune: Labor Day will be celebrated
in Cincinnati this year as never be.
fore No trouble exists between thu
various unions and a friendly HARMONY
q is now in evidence among the central
! bodies. Central Labor Council. Build
ing Trades Council and the Carpent ersh..
District Council will combine forces to
make the day one Of general rejoicing. :
Committees from these bodies are now
attending to the preliminary arrange
ments. Z
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-29
The HOtchkiss Machine Gup.

We have heard much of the MAXIM
machine gun within the last year or
two, during which little wars with saw
age men have brought that terrible
engine of slaughter into prominence,
But the Maxim is now eclipsed by The,
new Hotchkiss machine gun, which is
said to be more efficient in action ia.
require no water jacket to cool its bar
rel, and to consist of much fewer COM
ponent parts. The new gun is made
in three types; for field, mountain, or.
naval use; it weighs about thirty-three
pounds, and can fire single cartridges
or rain them upon an enemy at the,
rate of five hundred per minute. The
weapon has an ordinary steel barrel.
with second closed barrel beneath it
the two being connected by a small
hole not far from the muzzle, =. When,
the bullet passes this hole, part of the,
gas generated by the charge passes
through, and drives back a piston in.
the lower barrel. This piston throws
cut the empty cartridges, inserts a.
rev one, and fires the gun, and so the
action goes on so long as the piece is
fed with cartridges.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-29
nocks urging them to 90 to Salt lake

nocks urging them to go to Salt Lake
Guy to be baptized into the Mormon
rellglon. A large number accepted the
invitation without the knowledge of the
agent, went down to Utah, and were
there baptized and then returned to
WORK as missionaries of the new faith
among the tribes. The Mormons fur
nlshed free rations to all who would
come, took an active interest in the
religious ferment then existing among
the Indians and helped to give shape,
according to Mr.. Mooney, to the doc
trlne which crystallized some years
later as the ghost dance. D.. ...
When Tavibo, the prophet of Mason
valley, died about 1870, he left a son
named Wovoka about IA years of age.
This youth, who afterward became the
Messiah, became attached to the fam
lily OF. ranchman in Mason Valley
named David Wilson, who took an in
terest in him and bestowed on him the
name of Jack Wilson, by which he is
commonly known to the whites. From
his association with this family he
gained some knowledge of English, to-
gether with confused idea of the
white mans theology. On growing up
ne married and continued to work for
Mr.. Wilson, but attracted no special
notice until nearly 80 years of age,
When he announced a revelation that
has made him famous among the tribes
of the west.
IN 1852 Or 1853 a prophet known as
Long Nose arose among the Winneba-
CO. and announced he had been in
structed in vision to teach his peo-
pie new dance which he called the
friendship dance. In 1870 another
prophet arose among the Paiute in
Nevada. He is said to be the father
OF the present Messiah" who has un-
questionably derived many Of his
ideas from him, and lived, as does his
son, in Mason Valley, about go miles
from Virginia City. The latter told
Mr.. Mooney that his fathers name was
Tavlbo, or white Man," and that he
was a petty chief, but not prophet
or preacher, although he used to have
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-29
NEWEST IN BRIC-A-BRAC.

Pie dishes show antique silver
mounts and china Innings.
Reeded glass jugs with silver lip and
cover are used for .claret. ...
Crysta, marmalade pots resting on
silver trays please the eye.
A rabbits foot mounted in gold is
evidently a popular charm with both
sexes. .az'5
The most popular bracelet is flexible,
being in gold chain pattern, with gems
set in at intervals. .
Bow-knots of gold, enriched with
gems, are suitable ornaments for the
Marie Antoinette couture. ~
The silver chatting dish has been in
troduced at the formal dinner, and
has consequently increased in import
ance. "
Silver lamps designed to serve as
corner-pieces on the dinner table are
made after an old French pattern, and
stand two feet.
The present style in woman's dress
demands gorgeous effects; hence, the
buttons, buckles and other ornaments
are set with fancy stones.
Enamel work in the Byzantine style
is used for variety of purposes,
such as frames for photographs, han
dies to paper knives, etc.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-29

visions and was invulnerable. There
seems to be no doubt that he did
preach and prophesy, and introduce
new religious dance among his peo-
pie, and the doctrine which he promul-
gated and the hopes he held out 20
years ago were the foundation on
which his son has built his present
Messiah religion. 49,
He, was visited by Indians from Ore
gon and Idaho, and his teachings were
felt among the Bannock and Shoshoni
as we'll as among the scattered band
of Paiute, to whom he continued to
preach until his death.
On returning to the Cheyenne and
Arapaho and comparing notes with
some of their recent delegates to Wo-
voka, Mr.. Mooney states that he dis
covered something of Wovoka's hyp-
motto methods, and incidentally learned
how much of miracle depends on the
mental receptivity of the observer. Tall
Bull, one OF the Cheyenne delegates
and captain of the Indian police, said
before leaving they asked Wovoka TO
give some proof of his supernatural
powers. Accordingly he had ranged
them in front of him., with his sombre-
70 between and his eagle feathers in
his hand. Then with a quick move
ment he had put his hand in his empty
hat and drawn out from it something
black" Tall Bull would not admit
that anything more had happened.
Black Coyote, one of the Arapaho dele
gates and also a police officer, related
the same incident, but with a different
sequel, and told how when the Mes
siah had waved his feathers over his
hat and withdrew his hand, Black
Coyote looked into the hat, and there
saw the whole world.''
The great underlying principles of
the ghost dance doctrine is that the
time will come when the whole Indian
race, living or dead, will be reunited
upon regenerated earth, to live a life
OF aboriginal happiness, forever free
from death, disease and misery. On
this each tribe has built a structure
from its own mythology. All this is
to be brought about, not through war.
but by an overruling spiritual power.
Some apostles here even declare that
all race distinctions are to be obliter-
ated and the whites are to participate
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-29

springs come eZ it's ben comm ever
since l kin remember, I hain't a-goin'
to waller round in muddy road"
"Nur I, nuther," growled the Shoe
makel.
well, I bantered yer, an you uns's
all skeert ter westle, dead skeert,"
cried the Loafer, drawing on his coat
and grinning triumph through his
bushy whisa1ers.
Come, Gomez said the Patriarch.
beating his stick on the floor to call
the boaster to order. EFF I was five
years younger I'd take your banter;
Ia druv your head inter the mud tell
you'd be afeared of shown up at the
store fe1 year fer fear some un'd
Shovel yer inter the road. Thet's
what I'd do. I hates BLOWN, I dol
hates BLOWN. Fur be it from me ter
blow, particular as I was somethin' of
wrestler when was young un.''
Il bet I could "a th'owed YOU in
less time AN it takes me ter set down."
the Loafer said, as he seated himself
on the steps and got out his pipe.
"Th'owed me, ehr' retorted the
olu udu lou d III owed me, would
you. Well, I'd a. liked to hev seen
you th'owin' me-" He shook his
stick at the braggart. why, didn't
you know tibet hen was young I
was the best wrastler in the valley;
didn't you ever hear of the great
wrastlin' me and Simon Cruller done
up to Swamp Holler schoolhouse?''
did Noar act as empire?'' asked the
Loafer.
What does you mean be talkin' of
Noar an sech like when I'm tellin' of
wrastlin'? Tryin' to change the sub
jec', i s'pcse, eh?'' cried the Patriarch
Me an Sine Cruller was buddies,''
he began at length. Tibet was tell
we both kind OF set our minds on get.
in Becky Stump. You uns never seen
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-29

no form of religious revival among the
Indians has so much influence upon
the red man as the ghost dance. The
bureau of ethnology at Washington,
through James Mooney, has for several
years past made special study of the
ghost dance.
In 1890 Mr.. Mooney was preparing to
go to the Indian territory under the
auspices of the bureau of ethnology to
continue researches among the Chero-
KEGS when the dance first began to at.
tract attention. He asked and received
permission to investigate the subject
among the wilder tribes of the Terri
tory. Proceeding directly to the Chew
enne and Arapaho, it soon became evil
dent there was more in the ghost dance
than had been suspected, with the re-
suit that the investigation, to which it
had been intended to devote a. few
weeks, was extended over three years.
Indeed he declares that it might be con-
tinued Indefinitely, as the dance still
exists and is developing new features
at every performance.
The first visit of about four months
was made to the Arapaho, cheyenne
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-29

and the harsh winds and the
SHOWS drive it back to close
kitchen and a sitting stove. The an
tiquated saw-mlll down by the creek
buzzed away with a vim that plainly
told that the stream was swollen with
the melted SHOWS of the winter just
past The big grist-mill bumped and
thumped in deep, melodious tones, as
though it were making an effort to
drown the rasping, discordant music
of its small but noisy neighbor.
The double doors Of the store were
wide open. Had all the other signs
OF spring been missing, this fact alone
would have indicated to the know
ing, if the snow had not melted and
the birds not come come back it was
high time they did. for those doors
never stood open until the patriarch
felt it in his bones that the winter
was gone and he could with safety
leave the side of the stove within and
migrate to the long wooden bench on
the porch to bask in the sunshine.
Boys" he said at length, cts
time we're gittin' out ag'in. Spring
has come"
With that he hobbled toward the
door,
Good, Gran'pap," said the Chronic
Loafer, rolling off the counter and fol-
lowing.
Then the old Storekeeper opened
both DOORS
The old oak bench that had Stood
neglected through the long winter, ex-
posed to wind and varying rain, gave
a joyous creak as it felt again on it's
broad and knife-hacked back the
weight of the Patriarch and his
friends, and kicked up it's one short
hickory leg with such vehemence as
to cause the Storekeeper to throw out
his hands as though the world had
dropped from under him and he was
crashing at a cloud for support.
mighty souls!' he cried when he
had recovered his composure and equi-
librium.
my, oh, my" murmured the old
man, his child-like face beaming with
contentment as he sat basking in the
sun. "Dcn't the old bench feel good
ag'in. Me an this oak board has ben
buddies fer nigh onter sixty year."
The season seemed to have infused
new life into the Chronic Loafer as
it had into all nature, for he sudden
ly tossed off his coat, with one leap
cleared the steps, and then began
dancing up and down in the road.
1T j;st makes Teller feel like wras-
tin, Gran-pap," he shouted, waving
his arms defnatly at the quartet on
the bench. Come on
At this indisposition of these four
to take up the gauntlet he had thrown
down, the Loafer became still more
brave and defiant.
"Hedgins! he sneercd. "You uns
is afraid, eh?"
"Nawthin' to be afraid Of" snap
ped the Miller Simply because
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-29

Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Caddo and
Wichita, all living together in what
was then Indian Territory. These
tribes were all more or less under the
influence of the new religion. The
principal study was made among the
Arapaho, who were among the most
active propagators of the Messiah doc
trine among the southern tribes, and
are especially friendly and cordial in
disposition. Another trip lasting three
months was made among the KiaWas,
and third for the purpose of investi-
eating the dance among the Sioux,
where it attracted most attention, and
among the Paiute, where it originated
On this journey, the author visited the
Omaha, Winnebago, Sioux of Pine
Ridge, Paiute, Cheyenne and Arapaho,
met and talked with the Messiah him
self, and afterwards on the strength of
this fact obtained from the Cheyenne
the original letter containing his mes
sage and instruction to the southern
tribes. The entire Investigation occu-
pied twenty-five months and involved
nearly $4,000 miles of travel and more
or less time spent with about twenty
tribes. -
Mr.. Mooney in his account of the
ghost dance religion proper prefaces
it with a discussion of the primitive
Messiah belief and or the teachings of
the various Indian prophets who have
preceded Wovoka, the founder of the
ghost dance cult.
DroI>o h11, ox,aru +r;h. loa
hero god, who accomplished his work
in the mythic halcyon days, and whose
return to resume his kingdom is Gag
erly looked for. r Curiously enough.
this Messiah is usually described as a
white man with a flowing beard.
The doctrine that the world is old
and worn out, and that the time of it's
renewal is at hand, is an essential part
of the teachings of the ghost dance.
The number of these cycles of destruc-
ton is variously stated among different
tribes. Mr. Mooney quotes School
crafts account of the myth among the
Winnebago as the most sadly prophet
ic. Forty years ago they held that
the tenth generation of their people
was near it's close, and that at the end
of the thirteenth the red race would he
DESTROYED. BY prayers and no fire in
the center, being much like the modern
ghost dance.
It is said that the Mormons. who
hold the theory that the Indians are
the descendants of the 'ten lost tribes
cherish the belief that some Of the lost
Jews are still ice bound in the frozen
north, whence they will emerge to Join
their brethren in the south. When
the news of this Indian revelation came
to their ears the Mormon priests ac-
cepted it as a prophecy Of the SPEEDY
5fulfllment OF their own traditions, and
Orson Pratt preached sermon which
was extensively copied and comm entad
upon at the time, urging the faithful
TO arrange their affairs, and put their
houses IN order q! to receive the long-ex-3
pected wanderers. It appears that the
Mormons sent emissaries to the Ban
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-29
NEW WOMAN IN CHINA.

Among the few almond-eyed stand
ard-bearers OF the mute newborn re-
volt against the subsection of Chinese
Womankind, DR.. HUI King Eng stands,
pre- eminent. Of her sex and race the
first master of arts, the second doctor
of medicine. DR.. va Mae Kin gradu-
ated in 1889, but without returning to
the orient married Eca de Siloa, with
whom she lives in Honolulu.
King Eng was born in Foochow to.
heritage of wealth and aristocracy,-
Her grandfather, HUI, was a mandarin:
of influence. In the 10th year of his.
age he became a convert to the Jesus:
doctrine and with his two sons. HUI.
Pc Mi and HUI Yong Milking Eng's.
father-both of whom for more than,
thirty years have been Methodist pas.
tors and presiding elders. Soon grand
mother HUI and her MISUNDERSTANDING.
all OF the bound-foot class, influenced
py convincing, even coercive argu--
ments, also reluctantly embraced the.
alien faith.
When quite child King Eng was
placed in the girls boarding school at
F'oochow, where, in time, she devel-
oped into thorough student, evincing
marked artistic ability-an inherited
talent. Furtive peeps into the dispen-
sary and wards of the adjacent hos
p2tal, however, determined effectually
her vocation to be, not art, but medi-
cine.
With that end in view the little
hlgh-caste celestial maid. now in her
10Th year, came across the seas, hav-
ing met and conquered bitter, deter
mined opposition. She Immediately
entered the Ohio Wesleyan university,
graduating four years later a master
OF arts. Three years more of study
and the degree of doctor of medicine
was conferred by the Woman's Medical
college of Philadelphia, and also after
brief postgraduate course by the.
Philadelphia polyclinic Then fol-.
lowed several months of practical work.
IN the Woman's hospital of Boston.
In December, 1895, DR.. HUI, fully
equipped for her life work, returned
to Foochow to assume charge of Lang
au hospital. A triumphant home-com-
ing it was. Mandarins and coolies.
high and low, met the ship, eager to
pay their respects.
Her most priced successes, however.
are not social but professionl, One
instance is related of a coolie wheeling
his blind old mother 1000 miles in a.
wheelbarrow to consult the woman
doctor. A double. cataract operation.
and the blind was made to see.
The only son of wealthy mandarin
was dumb from his birth and so of NO
account disqualified to worship be-
fore the names of his ancestors. The
tied tongue once relieved and the
dumb made to talk! Hence the name
and the fame of the miracle lady"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-29
DR.. Poland's Hypnotfzed Rooster.

A Bloomington, Ill., paper asserts
that DIR. B. I. Poland, of Danville, has
a bantam rooster that is addicted to
hypnotic manifestations After look,
ing intently at revolving wind mill
the chicken starts in pursuit of the
shadow OF its tail, and finally falls.
over in a cataleptic fit, and is for a.
time apparently lifeless.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-29
Food for Reflection.

Rev. Mr. Longlipp (anxiously How
did you like my substitutes sermon
last Sunday Deacon? Deacon Blunt
leighH was a treat.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-29
WEIRD GHOST DANCES
RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE ON THE
WILD INDIANS.
The Messiah's ,Teachings-The Indians
Believe That the Time will Come
When the Whole Indian Race, Living
and Dead, Will Be Reunited.

HE news from ID
ahO that three hun
dred B a n n &C k
braves had left the
reservation and
had resumed the
ghost dance struck
terror to the hearts
of those living
within a hundred
miles of the reser-
walton. Probably
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-29
A WRESTLING MATCH.

HE village had
awakened from it's
long winters sleep.
It had shaken off
it's lethargy and
stepped forth into
the light and sun
shine to take up
again life in the
f e e air u ntil
the months should
S p e e d GU n Il
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-02-20
Qunrrelfng Again.

Carson and Reno are mad ct each other,
all on account Of the prize fight. which
the latter wanted and didn't get. Reno
in it's anger said some mean things about
Carson, and to retsliate . carload OF ho-
hos were loaded in . boxcar at the CAPT
tai city and shipped to Reno. The I'M
desirable visitors were locked up Of
Reno, but the citizens Of the latter place
threaten to send them back to Carson,
which they i~nsinuate has been made BY
legislation q proper place Of abode fol
such gentry. Carson, not satisfied with
its revenge, also threatens to knock ou'
the appropriation for the State Univer
sity, to take the State Fair away from
Reno. and to annex q portion Of Washes
county to Ormsby. 1t is very sad to see
sister towns clswing each other over suef
= little thing ~ . prize fght.-Silvsl
State.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-02-20
Must Keep the Vault open.

A bill has been passed In the Senate re-
curing the State Treasurer to keep the
vault open on every business day between
the hours Of 10 A. NJ. and 4 p. NJ. An at
tempt was made to amend the bill so a. 10
allow the treasurer to close the vault and
put . half dozen time looks ON IL for q week
before and after the big prize fight, but the
amendment was killed on account Of being
considered . reflection ON the visitors who
will be In the capital city Al that time
Silver State.