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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-25
C MATTERS.

WEATHER PRoBABMITRs.-For this
section fair tonight and Wednesday slightly
cooler tonight; slowly rising temperature
Wednesday northerly winds
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DRY GOODS.
DRY GOODS.
FOR
MONEY SAVERS.

Our store is fairly ablaze
with summer values. Great
success has crowned our eff
forts in your behalf, and our
name is a household word to
all who appreciate the best
goods at the lowest prices.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-25
MAYOR

respectfully call attention to the fact that
/ am 8 candidate for MAYOR of Alexandria
at the election next THURSDAY. Ipromisc,
if elected, 10 perform the duties sppertsining
In the Office satisfactorily. Respectfully,
my25 2t GILBERT SIMPSON.
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Alexandria Marker. nlnx 2a.

The offerings of grain were again very light
to-day and the few sales made we're ut the
quotations which have prevailed for the past
few days. Country Produce is dull and in
light receipt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-25

BALTIMORE, Nd, May 25.-Flour dull
74a74l4 July 74a741s; aug 71a asked
spot and month 29a29ls; June 2Sa4a2S7s ;
July 29a291s; Aug 29i5a29a Sept 80 hid
steamer mixed 27Aa27as southern white
corn 33l4; do yellow 81. Oats frmcr No
2 white 29s2S1h; No 2 mixed 251ha26.
Rye firm No 2 nearby 40a40A No 2 West
ern 40iaa40%s,. Hay steady very little do
msnd choice timothy S13 50a14 90. Sugar
steady and unchanged.
CHICAGO, May 25.-Whost-May 70.
June us July 7O1b Sept 657s; Dec 67as,.
Corn May 24; July 24A Sept 2~5asa25lb
Oats-May 17N July 175Aa17A Sept 17al
a177s. Pork-hfay IS 10; July SIS 1915
Sept IS 171h. Lard-May So 65a3 67l3
July So 70a3 721h; Sept So 771ba3 50.
Ribs-May and July Sd 46 Sept 81 471h
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET. May "a
Swine.-The arrivals this week were II, S39
head. The receipts arc some 500 head less
than last week. The market is slow and
casier-a slight fraction-as compared with
the figures ruling last week Quotations
range at S4.2Os4.3O per 100 lbs gross foI
fair to good Western hogs, and at $390a4 Is
per 100 lbs for others, with roughs at $3.50
a3 per 100 lbs gross.
Sheep and Lambs. The market for both
sheep and lambs is slow. Sheep sell at Olga
a3@4c per ID, and a few extra at &c per ID
showing but little change. Fall lambs "A
44ac per lb, being about l4c lower. Spring
lambs 51hs6c per ID, and a few extra q shade
| higher, a decline of about lac.
Calves.-The market is slow, Veals selling
at 4a5lac per ID, being no change. Roughs
nominally at $4a6 per hesd.
New YORK CATTLE MARKET. May "a
Bccves-market active slightly flrmer ma
tive steers 81 4Oa5.15, stays and oxen $3.50
al %, bulls So. 60a3 IS, dry cows S2a3 so
per 100 lbs. Calves-market active and
firm all sold veals $4a5.25 per 100 los
battermilk calves S3a3.5O per 100 lbs.
Sheep and L~ambs-market fairly active clos
ing steady closing sales of sheep at $3.50s
$50 per 100 lbs yearlings 81 5Oa5 40 pei
100 lbs lambs S6s6.75 per 100 lbs. Hog:
market firm st S4a425 per 100 lbs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-25

1000 pair American Lady" Corsets that
sell for $50. 50, SO and $3.50 q pair. The
popularity of tho American Lady, Corsets is
such that the nero mention Of the name in
connection with this lot of Corsets needs no
commenting upon by us. We have them in
all sizes. Black, White and Gray, s and 6
hook Nursing Summer Corsets. In fact some
of every kind OF Corsets. The American
Lady" people manufacture This is the
greatest Corset offering ever made. Remem.
Der American Lady" Corsets that sell from
81 % to $3.50 a pair, your choice at 69c.
29c-FOR SOC AND 75cCORsETs-29c
300 pair sample Corsets that sell for SOC
ana Ioc. These are extra long waist. 5 and
+ hook, Black, White and Drab, in all sizes.
Amongst tho lot are some Nursing. summer
and Misses Corsets. Just think of it VIC are
giving away soc and 75c Corsets for 29c.
SHIRT WAISTS AND WRAPPERS.
so dozen Ladies' Launde-ed Shirt Waists
Detachable collars. The SOC kind. For SIC
% dozen Ladies Laundered Waists. De.
tschable white collars in Dimitys, Lawns and
Percals. The Csc kind. For 49c.
70 dozen Ladies' U~nlaunderod Percal
Waists, colored stripes, also blacks. Tho SOC
kind. For 25c.
Is dozen Boys Calico Shirt Waists at l5c.
~ dozen Ladies' Wrappers. Worth Toe
at Acc.
SENSATIONAL SALE OF WASH GOODS.
500 yards of real fine French Organdies in
solid colors viz: Black, Pink, Light Blue.
Nile, Navy, Heliotrope, &c. Positively worth
25c q yard. We give them away at 9aac.
1000 yards Swiss Lappetts in beautiful
floral designs and polka dots. Real value
zoe. We give them away ut 9'.c.
1000 yards Plain Black and Navy Blne
Ducks 121ac was the price. For this sale
CSC.
5000 yards fine Sheer Figured Organizes.
Worth 15c at 73ac.
25 pieces 4o-inch White Aproncttes. Worth
lac at 7ic.
25 pieces 4o-inch India Linens. Worth
123c at 74c.
10 pieces Victoria Lawns for lining at 2Ec.
1000 yards Check Nainsooks, Dimities,
&c at 35c.
5000 yards Yard. Wide Percals at SIC.
10 pieces White Wool Flannel at 15c.
Ten.Quarter Sheeting at 12tc.
5000 yards "Toil Du Nord" Dress Cling
hams at &c.
SACRIFICE SALE OF RIBBONS.
No. 40 Moire Ribbons, 10 shades, at DC.
No. 40 All Silk Taffeta and All Silk MORO
Ribbons. The 25c kind. At 16c.
Satin Ribbons, 3 inches wide, ut 12ic.
n N III a N
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To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund tho money if it fails to
cure. 25 cents. Sold by CHARLES G.. LENNON
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ARNoLD's BRoMo-CELERY. Trv this
unrivaled remedy for Headsches, Neprslgia
S)eeplesznssa 10 cenn.
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Gu 9 .
HOBBS
Sparagus Kidney Pills,

HOBBS REMEDY CO.. PBoPRIEToRs, CHICAGO.
Or. Hobbs Pills Fo. Sale In ALEXANDRIA,
VA, by CHARLES G. LENNON, Pharmacist
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CHINA AND GLASSWARE.
China.


We have just imported a
large stock OF Souvenir China
with views of the Carlisle
House" and "Marshall House
faithfully reproduced. The line
embraces a fine assortment Of
shapes and the prices range
from Ioc to 75c each. Parties
desiring a souvenir of our old
city can find nothing prettier
or cheaper for the purpose.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-25

French Piques.
Regular price 3Oc. We are going to
sell them ut 15c a yard.
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DRY GOODS.
DRY GOODS.
N00dVard & LOthrOp
10th, llth and T StS., N. ".
Colored Dress Goods
At Reduced Prices.

1t htluctU TflctS:
Fancy Weaves, Jacquards,
Imported Serges, Checks,
Scotch Mixtures, Silk and
Wool Fancies and some high
class imported novelties in
single dress lengths, at very
decided reductions from former
prices. acquards and other
fancy weaves, in small effects;
all wool.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-25

Lapel MulIs.
Rcd grounds with Black Figures and
Polka Dots.
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A New Line Of PercalS,

All of the latest and newest styles.
Polka Dots, he'd and Black, Blue and
White, etc.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-25
25c the Yard.
Reduced from 81 l-2c.

IMPORTED SERGEs, 80 inches wide,
371ac the yard. Reduced from soc.
ALL-WOOL FAN les, in two and three
toned effects, so; tho yard. Reduced from
10 cents.
ALL.wooL CHECKS, so inches wide, 75c
the yard. Reduced from $1.0O.
SCOTCH MIXTURES, in three. toned cf-
fects, S1.0O tho yard. Reduced from S1.5O.
SILK AND wool CHECKS, beautiful
combinations. $1.00 the yard. Reduced
from $1.25.
First floor.
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Bargain in the Market.

One of those Gentlomen's Linen Crash
Suits which would cost you So to
make. You may get one as long as we
have them for $3.50.
The advocate., 1897-04-07
The Young People.
LIBERTY.

What man Is there 80 bold that he should say,
.'Thus and thus only would have the seai'
For whether lying calm and beautiful,
Clasping the earth In love, and throwing back
The smile of heaven from waves otamethysti :
Or whether, freshened by the busy winds,
1t bears the trade and navies Of the world
To ends OF use or stern captivity;
or whether, lashed by tempests, 1t gives way
To elemental fury, howls and rosrs
At all its rocky barriers, in wild lust
OF ruin drinks the blood Of living things,
And strews its wrecks DER leagues OF desolate
shore
Always it is the sea, and all bow down
Before its vast and varied majesty.
And so In vain win timorous men essay
To set the inetes and bounds of Liberty.
For Freedom is its own eternal law.
1t makes its own conditions, and storm
Or calm alike fulflls the unerring Will
Let us not, then, despise it when 1t lies
Still as q sleeping lion, while swarm
OF gnat-like evils hover round its head;
Nor doubt it when in mad, disjointed times
It shakes the torch Of terror, and it's cry
Shrills DER the quaking earth, and In the tame
OF riot and war we see its awful form
Rise by the scaffold, where the crimson AK
Rings down its grooves the knell ofshudder-
ing kings.
For always in thine eyes, o Liberty
Shines that high light whereby the world Is
saved;
And though thou slay us, we will trust in thee
John Hay.
The advocate., 1897-04-07
The Religion Of Our Presidents.
rrespondence New York Sun.

Correspondence New York Sun.
In an article, the most interesting
paragraph of which was quoted in the
Sun of Monday, the Sentinel Of In
dianapolls said that Mckinley will be
the third Methodist President of the
United STATES, eight Of his predecessors
having been Episcopalians, six Presby-
terians, two Unitarisns, one Christian
and one freethinker.
The Sentinel is usually an accurate
paper, but it has fallen into some mis-
takes in this matter. Mr.. Mckinley will
not be the third Methodist President Of
the United States; he is the fourth
Methodist, and, in fact, all the Presidents
in office from 1861 to 1881 were Metho-
dists, during what was perhaps the
most eventful period of the nations his
tory. General Garfield was a member
Of the Church Of the Disciples. General
Harrison and Cleveland are both Presby-
terians General Arthur, like the early
Presidents, with very few exceptions,
was the SON of q Baptist minister,
but himself was classed as an Episco-
palian. The Adamses we're Congrega-
tionAlista. jackson, Polk, and Buchanan
The advocate., 1897-04-07

were Presbyterians. Martin Van Buren,
was a member Of the Reformed Dutch
church. There has never been, so far as
/ know, a Baptist President of the
United States, though the Baptists Of
this country are numerous and public
spirited body of citizens. There has
never been a Lutheran President, and
there never has been, and probably will
never be, a Catholic or Jewish President
In Difference to the crowded condition
Of the columns Of the Sun with interest
ing information, accurate news and phil
osophical dissertations refrain from
any allusion to the religious or irreligious
views of Thomas jefferson.
The advocate., 1897-04-07
Queer Things People Eat.

From the New York World.
The old saying that what is one mans
meat is another mans poison is realized
in the opposite tastes Of people. Ger
tainly the eccentricities of the human
palate are many. Neighboring nations
have frequently very different tastes in
food. The German and the English es
TEEN the goose very highly--as highly as
the turkey-but in France the goose is
looked upon as vulgar bird, unfit to set
before epicures.
At Rome the peacock was formerly es-
teemed delicacy, but to. day one seldom
sees one Of these birds in poulterer's
shop. Other large birds formerly used
as food by the Romans we're cranes,
swans, and even ostriches. Geese were
also highly priced, and they were eaten,
not with a sauce, but stuffed with green
apples. The duck and teal were served
with the juice Of the orange, and not that
of the lemon, and they were preferred to
that of the heathcock and woodcock
Larks and thrushes we're usually eaten
at the end of meal, with the idea that
they would prove remedy against af-
fections Of the stomach, The Caesars
most highly priced the thrush. Thrushes
were raised and fattened by dealers and
brought high prices.
A young lady Of the Sandwich Islands
thinks nothing of boiling several raw
mackerel for breakfast. Dog flesh is rel
ished by some. Indeed, there is nothing
very uncommon in the eating OF dog
flesh, the taste Of which is said to be ex-
cellent. A grave-digger at Neustadt, Bo-
hemia, ate the flesh of a mad dog, with
no bad results.
In Canton and other Chinese cities rats
are sold for 80 cents per dozen, and hind
quarters of dog are hung up in the
butcher shops alongside Of mutton and
lamb, but command higher prices. Rats
are considered palatabIe food in Austria
lia, Ceylon, etc. Buzzards used to be gen.
orally eaten in France. The French eat
frogs, snails, and the diseased livers of
geese, but draw the line at alligators.
The edible birds nests of the Chinese
are worth twice their weight in gold, the
finest varieties selling for as much as
S30per pound. Lizards eyes are esteemed
a deIicacy by the Malays and Chinese.
Lizards themselves are eaten in New
Zealand, Ceylon, South America, the
West Indies, etc. Their meat has been
thought even by Europeans to excel that
Of the chicken. Buckland declares the
taste Of the boaconstrictor TO be good
and much like veal being very firm and
The advocate., 1897-04-07

by Africans on the Congo. Snake wines
are sold in Chinese apothecaries' stores.
Great black snakes are fried and eaten
in Calabria and Sicily by the peasants,
who will not, however, eat tame goose.
The anaconda supplies the table Of the
poor in Brazil Not few Europeans
have learned to relish the rsttlesnake
with the untutored savage Of the West.
The Indians of western Nevada impsle
snakes Of various kinds upon sticks,
holding them wriggling over a fire to
broil, and eat them. The Negroes Of the
West Indies eat baked snakes and plain
worms fried in fat, but cannot be in
duced to eat rabbit. Worms have long
been relished by the gourmets OF the
West Indies, China, Java, and Madagas-
car Recently common earthworms
were served at a banquet in France.
Rolled in batter and fried in butter to
delicate brown, they gave out an appetiz-
ing odor After the first plateful fifty
guests arose as one man and asked for
more.
The Gauchos of the Argentine Re
public are in the habit of hunting
skunks for the sake of their flesh. Ants
are eaten by various nations. They
possess an acid taste like lemons, and
are largely eaten in Brazil and the East
Indies, Java, and Africa, In Brazil they
are served with resinous sauce, and in
Africa they are stewed in grease or butter.
In Siam a curry Of ants eggs is a costly
luxury.
Caterpillars and spiders are dainties to
the African bushman. Spiders roasted
are sort of dessert with the New Gale
domains. After they have wound the
silk from the cocoon, the Chinese eat
the chrysalis Of the silkworm. The
octopus, or devilfish, when boiled and
then roasted, is eaten by Corsicans and
esteemed a delicacy Parrots are on the
Mexican menu, although their meat is
tough. The Cingalese eat bees after
robblng them of their honey. The shark
is eaten in China and Japan, and leeches
are found on the tables Of Japanese
Princes. New Caledonians esteem spiders
highly as food, and the inhabitants Of
New South Wales eat moths.
The Greenlanders eat the skins Of
different kinds of whales They call it
matax, and look upon it as the acme of
Righteousness. 1t is taken off with layers
of blubber next to it, and eaten raw.
Arctic explorers say that it is eminently
palstable. Another delicacy on Green
land bill Of fare-if menus can be said to
be known in GreenlRnd-is the contents
Of the reindeer's stomach.
The advocate., 1897-04-07
Natural Beauties OF Iceland.

In her article on "Three Women in Ice
land" in the December Ladies' Home
Companion, Jessie Ackermann writes
of a visit to the wonderful geysers in the
southern part Of the island, She says;
Considering the small space included
within the limits Of Iceland, there Is no
place in the world that affords greater
variety Of natural beauty; indeed, it can
truely be termed wonderland Upon
it's northern shores the midnight sun
throws the light Of endless day over the
striking features of o surface that in
cludes many of natures master strokes.
Through the long night the great polar
stars illuminate the heavens with a
brightness second only to the moon, and
the flash Of the northern light breaks
the darkness, their blue, green and
yellow tints standing out in strong relief
against the blsckness Of the background.
In the interior the glaciers sleep in the
eternal fastness Of mountain canons, and
in the south the geysers throw forth
their seething, boiling waters, bringing
death to their farthest boundaries.
"The basin Of the great geyser is
seventy-fve feet in diameter, and the
we'll is about eighty feet deep, When
not in eruption it is filed with smoking
hot sulphur water; this frequently flows
over the sides, and running down the
surface has formed heavy crust around
the basin in all directions for some dis
tance below.
cit was decided that the time Of wait
ing the pleasure Of the geyser should be
filed in by serving lunch, which was to
be in real picnic style. Chatting gaily
over the lunch, time wore apace. Miss
Olafa settled down with her head on her
saddle and fell asleep. We retilled our
cups and slipped and chRtted, when sud
denly we heard q prolonged rumble, and
all save the sleeper cried:
"'The geysers! the geysers?
eve rushed out, and stood on such
bits of rock as afforded protection from
the boiling water now flooding the
ground. Steam assembled in volumes,
and strong wind blew it to one side,
giving us a full view Of the basin. With
increased sound the rumbling continued,
and the first volumes arose about our
feet. The eruptions followed in quick
succession, throwing the water to the
height of fully two hundred feet. The
earth trembled Sor several minutes; the
great mass Of water in the basin was
entirely thrown out We stood upon the
rocks, with boiling water pouring all
about US. The steam settled on our
garments and dampened our hair, but
our eyes were riveted on the basin; we
needed nothing else.
"When we became calm, as did the
geysers, and the boiling water had ceased
to flow, we went to the edge Of the basin
and found it to be perfectly dry, but the
rocks were very hot. Later we walked
down the sloping basin toward the great
boiling cauldron in it's center to look
down. At depth Of many, many feet
the steaming water could be seen. Every
moment 1t rose higher and higher, bub-
bling, boiling, and throwing fine sprays
until the basin was soon redlled." "
The advocate., 1897-04-07


republic for a monopoly OF pearl fishing
in the Gulf Of California recently arrived
in San Francisco and gave some interest
ing details of the present methods en-
ployed in their industry, which has
continued ever since the occupation OF
the country in the time Of Cortez.
The whole coast Of the Gulf Of Cali
fornia abounds in pearls, and the con-
cessions control the entire territory.
Until within the last few years native
divers we're employed, and the depth to
which they could descend did not exceed
thirty.fve feet. With the introduction
of diving apparatus the limit Of depth was
increased to thirty fathoms. The best
divers could formerly remain under water
not to exceed two minutes. A modern
diver thinks nothing Of o two-hour stop
in water 100 feet in depth, though at
greater depths the stay is necessarily
shortened on account Of the enormous
pressure of the superintendent water
A diver when upon the floor Of the ocean
looks about for the oyster, which he
tears from the object to which it is Rt'
tached, and places it in a small bag
hanging to rope, which is hauled into
the boat on gwen signal. Sometimes
the number of oysters secured Is large,
at other times only few are caught.
The diver does not confine himself to
the pearl oyster alone, but il he sees a
rare specimen OF coral or new species
Of shell he places it in his bag and sends
it to the surface, where IL becomes the
property Of the concession and the source
Of it's large income.
Last year the value Of the pearls
harvested in Lower California was alone
$35O,OOO. In addition, 5000 tons Of shells
we're exported, which were valued at
81, ,250,000 more. Pearl fishing is the
entire occupation Of the natives, and La
Paz, the headquarters, a city Of the
peninsula, with about 1000 inhabitants,
is solely dependent upon the industry,
The business isone Of chance, and the pur-
suit is fascinating one to the natives,
who are born gamblers.
Every oyster does not contain It's pearl,
and only at intervals, and rare ones at
that, is really valuable pearl discovered,
The largest one ever found was about
three-quarters of an inch in diameter,
and was sold in Paris to the Emperor Of
Austria for $4,000 Many black pearls
are found in Lower California, and are
valued higher than the pure white. The
large majority are seed pearls and are
only Of moderate value.
San Francisco is not the market for
Mexican pearls, though it ought to be,
The harvest is exported straight to Lon
don and Paris and distributed from those
great markets.
The dangers Of pearl fishing have al
ways been exaggerated, possibly to give
a fictitious value to the beautiful gems.
The loss Of life in the fisheries in Lower
California was undoubtedly larger before
the introduction Of the diving dress, but
it is not an established fact that the
deaths we're always caused by the shark
or octopus, though these marine monsters
we're without doubt responsible for the
loss Of many lives. Every diver has
plenty OF hair-raising stories to relate OF
parrow aacanas from daath but ns ha ia
The advocate., 1897-04-07

FoF ~ efEects of0ysF-easiHg- BERcHAA's RILLa
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-09
Personal PARAGRAPHS.

L. A. Warner, editor of the Sterling Sun,
Is In the city.
A. w. Pilger, hardware merchant at
Stanton, is in the city.
j. G. Kearney, a cattleman and ranch
owner of Ogalalla, Is in the city.
p. ]. Nichols of the Union Pacific returned
home yesterday from a western trip.
Ex-State Superintendent OF Schools A. X.
Goudy of Lincoln was in Omaha last night.
George w. Holdrege OF the Burlington re-
turned home last evening from a visit to
the Black Hills region.
State Superintendent OF Schools w. r.
Jackson OF O'Neill accompanied by his fam
lily, arrived in Omaha last night
Miss Dorothy Ster. Lincoln, is visiting the
Misses Abbott Twenty-ifth and Capitol
avenue. She expects to remain some time.
Hon. John Adams, a prominent cattleman
OF Sidney. who has been In Omaha for few
days on business, returned home yesterday.
Michael Cudahy. Chicago. who has been in
this city and South Omaha for several days
past on an inspection OF the Cudahy company
plant, returned home last night
Nebraskans at the hotels: w. Il. Brown,
Dodge; Clark o'Hanlon Blair; ID. A. Jones,
Wayne; j. w. Longfellow, Hardy; #. A.
Howard Lincoln; W. S. Jay, Lincoln; ii. A.
Liyen, Wymore; S. J. Young. Harrington;
w. Il. Bowen, Wayne; +. o. Wilson, Norfolk
John ii. Cryer Norfolk; N. p. Freeman
osceola; G. S. Shader. Lincoln.