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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27

Mrs. N. B. Ford, Ruddell's III suffered for
eight years from dyspepsia and chronic con-
stipation and was finally cured by using De-
Wits Little Early bisers the famous little
pills for all stomach and liver troubles.
charles G. Lennon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27
List Of Unclaimed Letters.

The following is list of tho letters re.
naming in the Alexandria, Va. postofice
December ~.
Persons calling for lettorn will please say
they are advertised.
Advertised letters not called for within two
weeks will be sent to the dead letter Office.
Arnold, Ell Jackson, Jonah
Bryant, 7 A helms, Miss Katharine
Carson, (3) ] L Bogels & Lumley
Coleman, John Simpson, Miss
Deal, John Ii Smith, Harrison
Goodwin, w Smith, Mr. -
Gorden, Sophia Seperac, Edward
Harris, c < Snowdcn, Edward
Hawkins. John Ta!hert, Miss Francis
Hough, Fred Williams, Mrs Lettio
c. G, CARLlN, P. NJ.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27
LOCAL MATTERS.

sun rises tomorrow at 7:25 and sets at
l.35 High water st 11:2S q. m. and
fi.jS D. III.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27

UrATHER fRoBABILITIEs.--For this
.e,lion iair, followed by increasing cloudineas
;tn,,ssy westerly winds becoming variable.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27

NOTICE is hereby given that the annual
IN meeting of the stockholders of the
PEOPLES GAS SAVING COMPANY OF
AMERICA will be held at the otlic, of the
company, No. PIG King street, Alexandria.
state of Virgins, Oh the 18th DAY OF
JANUARY. 1898, at 1 0 clock p. m for the
purpose of elec.ing directors of the company
for tho ensuing year ard for the transaction
Of such other blsiness as nay properly come
before said meeting.
n. ]. ANlCK, Presiden. and Director.
WALTER C. FOSTEg, sec'y aud Director.
LUCIEN KNAPP, Director
CHAs. B. CHISHOLM, Director.
dec27 ii
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27

Miss Alljo Hughes Norfolk, Va, was
frighttuliy burned on tho face and neck Pain
was instantly relieved by DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve, which healed the injury without
leaving scar. 1t is the famous pile remedy.
Charles G. Lennon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27

Mrs Stark, Pleasant Ridge, o. says; AT
for a. two ~ sor.ors gave up my boy to die / saw.
ed ed him from Group by using One Minute mute
certain e remedy for coughs, colds, and all
tn, oat and lung troubles, Charles a. Lennon
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27

Clerical Pcrmits---southern Railway
The Southern hallway Company has in.
struc;ed its conductors ard ticket agents
that pending the preparation of minister's
permits for 1888 those for the current year
will be extended to January 81. 1898.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27

'2t can have Cabinet Photos taken this
- 81 The CARBoNErT STUDIO, All King
4 iE ~. 'or $3.50 per dozen, on permanent
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27
TO-DAY
Begins a Sale Of Hurt and Damaged
Books,

Made necessary by the great
crowds which thronged our
Book Store during the days
before Christmas. Some Of
the Books have the cover
scratched; some are finger
marked; some are a bit batter
ed, while others are of a style
Of binding that hasn't met
with general favor. In every
case the reading matter is
complete and as good as ever.
Hundreds of volumes are rep
resented, including Standard
authors, Poetry, Recent Fiction,
Birthday Books, Historical
Works, Illustrated Gift Books,
Essays, Cook Books, Books
for grown boys and girls,
Books for little children, etc.
In order to close out the en-
tire collection we have made
the following very decided
Price Reductions;
l5C. We're 25c and 35C.
25c. Were SOC and SIC.
SOC. We're 75c and 81.
75c. We're S5c and $l.25.
On Center Tables in Basement.
---:o.--
AG GOODS DRLIHERED IN ALgg.
AEDRIA.
W oodward & Lothrop,
10th, nth & ? SITS, n. W.,
WASHINGTON. D. c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27
THE MATRIMONIAL BUREAU
Has REMOVED TO

HAS REMOVED TO
No. 612 F etrcet N. W. Washington, D c.,
Room CO. Bird Floor. Interviews at Office
81. Private residences So. No publicity.
Strictly confidential. Those wishing to be-
come members by letter will enclose ST al i
amp. Cec2T 3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-27

A number Of priests and students of
Georgetown college to-day visited St. Mary's
Academy in this city.
An cd oolcred man pamsd George King
died last night at his home in the western
part of the city
Smyrna times., 1897-02-03
A Wonderful Anenne.

Magnolia avenue, which has been the
pride of Riverside from its founding,
and which has won a national reputa-
tion as a boulevard, has had two de-
fects. The streets leading to it were
usually dusty and disagreeable, while
the darkness of the avenue, owing to the
dense foliage of the overhanging pepper
trees, made it rather dismal evening
drive. All that is at an e1d. 1t is now
possible to drive from the heart of town
over macadamized streets, perfectly free
from dust and mud, direct to the peer
less Magnolia avenue, and if the drive
be taken in the evening arc lights are
encountered every 800 feet, giving
splendid illumination. When the ave-
nue. is reached, there is presented such
a sight as few, if any, towns possess.
The electric poles are but 1874 feet apart,
and from these brackets project about
three feet. From each bracket hangs a
cluster of three incandescent lights COW
cred with a reflector, which throws the
light on to the driveway.
AS one stands at one end of this row
Of lights but four or five of them can be
distinguished as individual lights, the
remainder forming a continuous chain
of fire which seemingly stretches away
for untold miles beneath the verdant
canopy of the arching pepper trees.
Modern as is the scene, it impresses the
beholder as an oriental fantasy worthy
of the Spanish MoOrs. The imagined
extent of the wondrous chain of fire
however, is in a degree an optical illu
sion. Instead of being miles in length
it is but little over a mile. Instead o.
there being untold thousands of lights
one is amazed to learn that there ar
but $50, suspended from but 90 poles
Los Angeles Times
Smyrna times., 1897-02-03

a sick person trying to keep up on mere
stimulating tonics is like any one pretend
ing to swim while supported by belt The
instant :he SUPPORT is withdrawn down
you 60
Nearly all diseases result from a deep.
seated impairment of the nutritive powers
Which cannot be reached by any temporary
exhilaration The only good that any med.
icinc can dc is tc increase your own natural
powers of recovery and make you able to
swim for yourself.
The debilitatiug weakness, nervousness
and digestive disorder which indicates this
state of mal-nutrition can only be overcome
by a scientific remedy like Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery which acts di.
rectly upon the digestive and blood-making
organs, and effects the nutritive transforma.
tion OF food into rich, healthy blood, which
carTies genuine permanent vitality to every
corner Of the system.
It is vastly more nutritious than malt.
extracts. It does not paralyze the nerves,
but feeds them with health. It is better
.han cod liver oil emulsions. II is assini.
lated by the weakest stomachs. II does
not make fabby useless fat, but muscular
strength and healthy nerve-force. II is the
only perfect invigorant for corpulent people,
Mrs. Ella Howell, Of Derby, Perry Co. Ind
wntesi In the year Of 1894 was taken with
stomach tYouble--nervous dyspepsia. There wai
coldness IN my stomach, and weight which
seemed like rock Everything that ! ate gave
ne great pain; had bearing down sensation
was swelled across my stomach; had a ridge
around my right side. and in a short time was
bloattd was treated by three Of our best ply
sicians but got no relief Then Dr. Pierce.
Golden Medical Discovery was recommended e
me and got It, and commenced the use Of IT,
began to see a change for the better. ] was sg
weak ! could not walk across the room withou
assistance. took Dr. Pierce's Golden Medca
Discovery and one bottle of the Pleasant Pei
let's began to improve very fast after the usl
me said had dropsy and that my disease WA
leading into pulmonary consumption. / has
quite a cough and the home physicians gave m
tip todie thank God that rpycure Is permanent
Smyrna times., 1897-02-03
The Plausible Lie.

We resent oalumny, hypocrisy and
treachery because they harm us, not be.
cause they are untrue. Take the detrao-
tion and the mischief from the untruth,
and we are little offended by it. Turn
it into praise, and we may be pleased
with it. And yet it is not calumny and
treachery that do the largest sum of
mischief in the world. They are contin.
ually crushed and are felt only in being
conquered. But it is the glistening and
softly spoken ne, the amiable fallacy,
the patriotio lie Of the historian, the
proyident lie Of the politician, the zeal
ous lie Of the partisan, the merciful lie
Of the friend and the careless lie Of each
man to himself that cast that black
mystery over humanity through which
we thank any man who pierces. as we
would thank one who dug a well in Q
desert. Happy that the thirst for truth
remains with us, even when we have
willfully left the fountains OF it.-John
RuEkin.
Smyrna times., 1897-02-03
THE DOCTORS STORY.
An ExIserience That Followed q Call at
Night.

Nlknbs
Four or five physicians were talking
up town the other evening at the home
of one, and the conversation later turned
to shop One of them had recently
moved his office down town, and there
was some discussion as to the advisable
ity of separating house and office.
"Well," said the separatist, II can't
see any difference so long as 1 am at
my office during Office hours"
"Let me tell you story" remarked
the oldest man i'll the party. "Thirty
years ago, when began practice, lived
in Virginia, and for a year or two I
slept in my Office. Then married, and
my wife owned a nice house, and 1 went
to it to live. 1t sat back from the street
about &c feet, and we decided that it
would be much nicer if we had my Office
out on the street in the far corner of the
lot. Only 80 feet away, you will OBJ
serve, but stiH it was enough. In order
to see such callers as came during the
night had a night bell and a speaking
tube connecting the front door of the
Office with my bedroom. You see, did
not want q patient to escape under any
circumstances.
"Well, everything went nicely enough
for three years or so, when one night a
ring came to my bell. 1t was then about
2 o'clock in the morning, and the ring
was hot one. l asked who it was, and
the answer came from friend of mine
to the effect that he was a mighty sick
man and wanted to see me at once. !
told him to come around to the house
and / would meet him at the door and
take care Of him. Then 1 got up, and,
putting on my dressing gown and slip
pers, proceeded to the front door. But
there was no one there and no one in
sight on the way between the gate and
the house.
''That was odd, and went back and
called through the tube to know what
was wrong. I received no answer, and,
being quite unable to account for it,
took my lamp-it was a very dark and
still highland started to go out and
investigate. Just as was about to steI
off the porch 1 lowered my lamp tc
get better light ON the step, and there
at the foot Of the porch lay a body.
turned it over at once, and as the light
| fell on the face saw it was my friend
who had only minute before spoken tC
me. He was quite dead And when an
examination was made, it was discovered
that he had died of heart disease, anC
so near to me that could almost have
touched him. Possibly l could not have
been of any service to him if had seeI
him when he first rang the bell. but tn,
possibility that 1 might SO affected M
that from that day to this 1 have haC
my office as near my bed as I could ge
il p-Exchanpe
Smyrna times., 1897-02-03
THE SMYRNA TIMES.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. srd, 1897
CHURCH SERVICES.

AsPUR METHODS T EPIscoPAL.-Sunuay-P
ing at 1917 A. NJ and $50 P. NJ. Sunday School
2PM Prayer Observation-Disclosures ~ P. NJ.
Rev. Adam Stengle, Pastor.
ST. PETERS PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL.-SundRy-
Preaching at 1917 A. NJ. and ~ P NJ. Holy bay,
-9% A. NJ. Sunday School, P. Prayer
Meeting Wednesdays, at IA P. Rev. q. w.
Dame. Rector
PREsBYTERlAN.- .-Sunday-Preaching at 1015 A. NJ.
and ~ P. NJ Sunday SchOOl-ll% AN Prayer
Meeting-Fridays at 5 p NJ. Rev J. Estlin,
pastor
ST POLYeARP CATHOLIC CHURCH-SeTviCes every
rther Sunday, by Father Connolly. Sunda
School Immediately after service.
SMYRNA misunderstanding services Friend
ship in the morning, SeverSOn in the after
noon. Jerman's Chapel and SMYRNA Land
ing alternate Sunday nights at 7.3O. Rev w.
X. MOwbray, pastor
CENTENNIAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL (ColOred) -
Sunday-Preaching at IL A. NJ. and NJ.
Sunday School, P. NJ Rev J, X. Adams.
Pastor.
A. NJ. E. -Sunday-Preaching at l0lE
A. N. and P NJ. Sunday SehO"l-2l5 P NJ.
Rev. E. Byrd, Pastor.
Smyrna times., 1897-02-03
SECRET SOCIETIES.

MORNING STAR LODGE, No. &, / o. o F-MeetS
every Friday evening at 80 O'Clock.
MCDONNELL ENCAMPMEHT, No 2, |. y. o F.-MeetS
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings of each
month. at 7.3O o'clock
Harmony LODGE, No 1S, A. F. A. M.-Meets First
and Third Thursday evenings of each month.
at 7.30 O'Clock.
SMYRNA LODGE, No. 5, l. o. G. T.-Meets every
Wednesday evening, at 30 O'Clock.
SMYRNA CONcLAvE, No. 45. ORDER OF HEPTAsoPHs
meets first and third Tuesday of each month
at 7.3O o'clock, at the Odd Fellows Hall.
UNION CASTLE No II, K. G. E.--MeetS every Thur,
day evening in their hall in the Cooper Build
ing, at 7.3O o'clock.
MIsPAH LODGE No. l6, A. o. L. W.-MeetS every
Monday evening at 10 o'clock in Odd Eel
lows Hall.
MIzPAH CONCLAvE, No. l615, ADHESIVE MoGUL-
LIANs.-Meets the first Monday evening of each
month, at 50 O'Clock, IN odd Fellows Hall
GENERAL WINFIELD :. HANCHCK Posi-, No. 30
q n. K.-MeelS every Monday night in tht
Hall Oft e Knight, "t the Go den Eagle. join
Garner. Commaun,
STARS AID STRIPES Council No 26, JR. 0. L. A
NJ Meets at 80 =. m, second and fourth
Thursdays of each mont il Odd Fellows
Hal.
Smyrna times., 1897-02-03
THE CHECK SYSTEM.
An English Visitor Tells the People About
the American Way.

An Engl1sh visitor Tells the People About
the American Way.
The American constitution has been
called system of checks. So in Ameri-
can life. When you want to travel, you
give your baggage to the porter of your
hotel, and he gives you a check in re-
turn. At the station you reclaim it
with the check and pass it in at q coun-
ter and receive another check. As you
approach your destination another func-
tiOnary comes along the train, takes
your check and gives you another check
in its place., He fishes out your baggage
and conveys it to your hoteI-for con-
sideration. You have left your third
and last check at the office of the hotel
when you enter it, and thence it is de-
livered up on receipt Of the baggage.
At first you bless this arrangement as
the salvation of the traveller After
few weeks of it the tyranny of the check
becomes so CALLING that you begin to
long for the fine old English method of
dumping down your goods in front of a
porter and leaving them to find the way
themselves. You would even hail it as
a personal triumph if some of your bag
gage would get lost. But it never does.
Sometimes it arrives late, but it always
arrives.
Yet it seldom arrives in the shape in
which it started, if that is any consola-
tion. They who have to do with bag
gage see to that. You very soon discover
why Americans carry their goods in
ironclad trunks, and why it is madness
for anybody to do anything else.
started out, like an idiot, with a new
leather portmanteau. They ripped the
stout brass lock off the first week
not for plumber, apparently, but simply
because it is the tradition of the service.
They punched it and kicked and danced
OH it. In softer hours. when literary
| inspiration came, they wrote on it. My
portmanteau today is an epitomo of the
political sentiment Of the United States
from New York to San Francisco. As
historical document it is beyond
price, and am contemplating the gift
of it to the library of congress at Wash
ington. AS portmanteau it has both
feet i'll the grave.
The system of checks is not confined
to travellers luggage. The conductor of
the train passes carelessly to ard fro
asking for your ticket and giving you a
check in return, OF asking for your
check and returning your ticket If you
hand your stick to a boy i'll a hotel
while you write your name in the reg
lister, he dashes off to stow it away in
some secret place and returns triumphant
with a check. In the very hotel bar,
when you buy sevenpence ha'porth of
whisky you get check and walk two
yards across the bar to pay at desk.
But the apotheosis of the check is at
Niagara. When you go down. to the
Cave of the Winds. you strip~off all
your clothes and leave them, as we'll as
your valuables, in a tin box with the
attendant. Then you go down to battle
with the cataract attired only in a suit
of pyjamas, a suit of oilskins and q
check lashod around your neck and ris.
ing and falling with the beating oi
your heart. No wonder the American
speaks of death as 'handing in his
checks. 1t is only by death that he car
rid himself of them. London Mail.
Smyrna times., 1897-02-03
How She Dieted.

Mr.. 1. Zangwill, at a dinner of the
Maccabees, told the following story
"The fat girl Of O., gentlemen, is not
a myth, nor a show person, but a solid,
private reality that have seen. Her
fatness weighed upon her; so she went
to a physician to be rid of some of it.
He drew up a careful dietary. She was
to eat dry toast, plain boiled beef, etc.,
and to return in a month to report re-
duction. At the end of the month she
sould hardly get through the DOCTORS
doorway. He was aghast. Did you eat
what I told you?' he asked. Religious
ly.' His brow wrinkled itself. Sudden
ly he had fash of inspiration. ANY
thing elseP he asked. My ordinary
meals b."
Smyrna times., 1897-02-03
NEW YORK TRIBUNE
1897.
Recognized az Great, Safe, Clean FAM
ily PRper-A Force in Public Affairs
and Potent for Entertainment and
Culture of Every Member of
the Family.
A COLORED SUPPLEMENT WITH
THE SEMI-WEEKLY.

There is a place in the United States for q
weekly of really high intellectual quality, and
the Anne rican people have given The New York
Tribune a lavish welcome During the past
year the Weekly was taken in over 245,OUO fam.
lilies and read by about l.25U,0J0 people. Every
effort will be made to brighten and enrich the
paper and make it necessary to thousands of
new friends.
Patriotic self respecting, enterprisug, The
Tribune is fearless and scholarly ia editorial
comment on public affairs, steadfast in princi
ple, and not whirled about with every gust of
passion; and it exhibits in every issue the truly
American qualities Of quickness, directneSS,
brlliancy aud force. 1t has won from Demo-
cratic rivals, by its thoroughly American spirit
the admission that it commands the respect of
all Ia7ties." In dir. citing attention, early and
pOintedly, to the availability of Mckinley and
Hobart for the Republican Nominations in 1896,
The Tribune played a now well known and i'm
portant part.
The Weekly Tribune ministers TO all the sweet
and wholesome Interests of lfe and il is dis.
tnctly paper for families and for those who
want the spirit and the editorials of the leading
Republican paper of the United States. II has All
excellent Agricultural page a page of Science
and Mechanics, charming page especially for
women, strong array of market reports of un-
challenged excellence, and book reviews, for
eign letters and bright miscellany in addition to
the news OF the week.
IL can usually be subscribed for with local
county weeklies. Sample copies free.
Smyrna times., 1897-02-03
Baltimore & Ohio r. r.
Schedule in effect Jan. "a. 1897.
TRAINS LEAVE DELAWARE AVE. DEPOT
WILMINGTON, EAST BOUND.

TRAINS LEAVE DELAWARE AVE DEPOT
WILMINGTON, EAST BOUND.
saEXPRESs TRAINS.
All trains illuminated with Pintsch Light
New York, week days, *S ls. *lO 25 > m, %12 21
q %, 50 %, %j 30, %73 Fli pm.
Philadelphia. Twenty fourth and Chestnut Sts
week days, % l3, 555 40, ~720 @736, Is 25 ~ l5
40 OF, 40 25 II 90 m @12 81 II 40 - 30 % 2S
3 so, +5 81, 3d. - 49, 9 Is, al p, m.
Atlantic City, weekdays, *7.20 a. m; @12 2l,
Cape May, week days, IS 25 a M, % 90, p m
WEST BOUND.
Baltimore and Washington, ALB. 72O. rs 10
sll a. m. 80 90, = O7, 81. a 03, "a 81, &c l6
IS 10 D. m. week days.
Baltimore and way stations, 20 a. m. and ? 81
d. m daily
Newark, Del, "4ls, 7 20, Is 40. ell a. m sI2.55
54 - o. "A 81, %6.l6, 35 IS 10 M, week. days
Pittsburg, week days, e6 l6 p. m; Sundays,
"a 81 p. N.
Chicago "A 81 m, daily.
Chicago via Cincinnati and indianapolis,
@8.49 q. m, daily.
Cincinnati and St. Louis, sl2 55 p M, and IS 10
p. m, daily.
p. m. daily. Through sleepers Washington to
Memphis and New Orleans.
TRAINS LEAVE MARKET STREET STATION
For Philadelphia week days, $50 D. m.
baltimore, week days $50 p. m.
Landenberg and way stations, Weekdays 6 45
LEAVE LEA " Hl PHIIADFLPHiA fiIo N FOX WILMINGTON
TWENTY FOURTH and CHESTNUT SThEETs,
Week days % 30, 10, 10, %S 10. 93O, 40 %
IL 80 m. 10 20 u s6, Il so. % so, - 20, 4 so
% 70; . Al, g. 30; y 40. s45. 81 s5 p. N.
Rates to Western points lower than via any
other line. G o. SCULL, Gen'l Pass Agent
W. NJ. GREENE General Manager
Smyrna times., 1897-02-03
MUNYON'S
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Your Druggist Will Hand it to You
for the Asking.
1T MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE
Tells You the Symptoms of All Com
mon Diseases Tells You Just
What to Do for Each Shows
You How to Be Your
Own Doctor.

Thousands of dollars have been spent by
Prof. Munyon in the preparation of peo--
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be understood by anybody that could read
that would render doctors visits and doc
tors bills absolutely unnecessary, and to-
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money and the most advanced medical
knowledge can make it.
1t is called Munyon's Guide to Health"
and it is yours for the asking. Not penny
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If your druggist hasn't it a postal card to
Prof. Munyon, 1905 Arch street, Philadel-
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The MunyOn Remedies act instantly, Civ
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Where YOU are in doubt, personal letter
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