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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-12
~ REAT PEREMPToRY AUCTION SALE
VI OF
Lots and Villa Sites

In NOh1d WESI AGEAh " DhlA,
Known as Braddock Heights, Alexandria
county, Virginia,
ON JUNE 18th, 1897, at O'CLOCK P. NJ.
A RARE OPPORTUNITY
is OFFERED To SPECULATORs AND
HOME-SEfKERS.
Over 200 lots, average size 50x120 feet
about IL villa SITES containing from l to 3i3
acres of ground. The lots will be sold singly
and grouped in solid blocks, fronting on
graded streets and avenues.
The great Washington Southern Railway
runs within a few hundred yards, while the
Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon
Electric Railway passes through this proper
ty; has station therein and trains to and
from Washington city stop there day and
night
EASY OF ACCE5S-BEAUTIFU
SCENFBY
This property must be sold. Look out for
bargains. Terms very easy. One.fifth cash
at the time of sale; the remainder in pay
ments to suit oI,ending over Is months.
Remember Juno 18th, 1897 on the prem.
scs, if fair otherwise at the office of the corl-
pany, No. 216 King street, Alexandria, Va
at tho same hour. Under a circular of The
board ofdirectors, stockholders may transfer,
prior to the day of sale four fifths in stock,
and one fifth in cash for lots, or one-half in
stock and one half in cash for villa sites By
order of the poard of directors.
E. F. KNOX, Secretary,
North West Alexandra Improvement Co,
2l6 King Street, Alexandria, Va.
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FOR JUNE SALES.

We have just made large purchase of Wash Goods at
very low figures and put them
prices for trade.
large line of Fine Gnghams Regular goods Price
for this sale 675c,
large line of fine Zephyr Gnghams finer than any 2Hc
goods we have offered Price for this sale 5c All our
I21lc Ginghams at the price.
A beautiful selection Of 27lc fine 56-inch Bases Dim
ties and Fine Corded Lawns Plain coors and fances All
IoIc goods Price for sale S7sc
All l675c Lappets and Organdy Effects with large
range of new values on our 21lc counter
A large variety of new loc values our 7c
line of fine Organdies Silk stripe Oreandies few
pieces of Koechns size Organdes and all 25c Organ
dies, Lappets and Grenadines for this sale 1oc
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EoR RENT

EvOR RENT
SIX ACRES OF LAND at Lochaber, jus
north OF tho city limits. Good place for q
profitable market ga-den. Apply at this
Office. dcc23 II
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FOR SALE OR RENT.
EoR RENT OR LEASE.

The BUILDING on the northeast corner
OF King and Union streets, the best stand in
the city for q grocery. Possession given on
the first of May Apply at this office
an1 IF
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letter. salr-Rheum and Eczema.

Tho Intense itching and smarting, Incl
deutt these diseases, isinstantly allayed
by applying Chamberlain 5 Eye and
Skin Ointment Many very bad cases
have been permanently cured by it. 1t
is equally efficient for itching piles and
a favorite remedy for sore nipples,
ehapped hands. chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. 25 cts. per box.
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HERBERT BRYANT
ALEXANDkIA. VIRGINIA.
Manufacturer OF

e ID E. ILIXERS
4IN& GROUND RAW BONE warranted
eiNG a&cJNp NOVA SCOTIA LAND
pEASrsR.
aS-,arcuiars OF our regular brands mailed
Spcc;al .ormulss skilfully and accurately
prepared.
Also aealors in AGRICULTURAL IMPLE-
MENrS and MACHINERY, GARDEN,
FtElD and GRASS SEEDS.
Fcr;iiznr factory and wharf foot Duke st.
teficGltprsl and seed warehouse III King st.
aEs- Cnr.nannndnnce solicIted. fsh22 y
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w A. JOHNSON & CO.,
WHOLEsALE GROCERs,
GENERAL COMMISSION mERCHANTS
and Dealers IN
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS.
Haye on hand Gib5on's Xxx, Xxx, xxx
nd puro Old Rye, Cd Cabinet and Monogram
Nhiskies also Bakers and Thompson's Pure
i.ye Whiskics, to which they invite tho alton.
tion of tho trade
Orders from che country for morc4ndise
shall receive prompt attention.
Consignments of Flour, Grain and Country
Produce solicited, for which they guarantee
the highest market prices and prompt retnrns.
N. E. corner Cameron and Royal streets.
The sun., 1897-01-15
4 Confidence Game.

The most extraordinary OF the various
impossible plans broached for ending the
Cuban war without Cuban independence,
Is that which friends Of SAGAsTA and the
Spanish Liberals are rumored to have con-
flded to our Department Of State.
According to this story, Cuba Is to have q
home rule as complete as that Of Canada,
but must pay for it by assuming SPANS
war expenses to the extent OF 5000, ,OOO, 900,
oil to he guaranteed by the United States.
Surely more preposterous notion was
never brought forward. even In the gold
brick diplomacy which Spain seems to favor
nowadays for deluding the Cubans. A
proper indemnity to Spain for acknowledge
ing the independence Of Cuba, giving up all
her rights, her property, and her invest
ments in the island, might we'll be consid-
cred. Our country might be safe In guar
anteeing the pay ment Of this indemnity and
Of interest on il until paid.
But for Cuba to give 5000 900, 900 or any
other sum for the privilege Of remaining
under the Spanish yoke, is a proposal toe
absurd for consideration. II this Is really
the plan of the party out Of power in Spain
Congress need not wait for a change oi
Ministry. The next call for a war loan may
both settle the fate OF the CASovAs Minis
try and change the whole face of the Cuban
problem. But meanwhile for us the only
Just or even decent basis OF negotiation with
Spain is Cuba's independence.
The sun., 1897-01-15
Do Our Methods OF Elementary Edu
cation Need Reform?

DR.. J. NJ. RICE, who for many years has
devoted himself to the study of American
educational problems, has contributed TO
the present number OF the Forum an article
on the system Of instruction followed in
most Of our primary schools. He is OF the
opinion that the system might be materially
broadened and enriched by applying
process of judicous exclusion TO the exist
ing curriculum. He would strike out, for
instance, matters belonging TO the category
Of mental gymnastics, introduced into the
school course solely with a view to the de
velopment OF the faculties; and, secondly,
matters OF detail that the ordinary layman
is not expected to possess in the form OF
ready knowledge, and which are found in
the school course simply because they have
been handed down by tradition.
Is too much time expended in the primary
schools on the three R's' The proportion
Of school time at present given to these
fundamental studies is, it seems, about 20
per cent. DR.. RICE thinks IL would be pos
sible to reduce this time by at least one-half
Could this be done, OF course, the possibili-
ties Of enriching the course OF study would
be almost unlimited; IL would be possible
even for students in primary schools to take
up subjects calculated 10 develop aesthetic
tastes as we'll as an interest in nature and
mankind. An attempt is made to indicate
the dividing line between positive knowl-
edge and indispensable skill ON the
one hand, and mere mental gym
nastics on the other, by the follow
ing illustration; In an enlightened COM
munity, every adult individual il expected
TO be able to write letter in well-con.
structed sentences and without gram matical
errors. It is matter OF comparative indit-
ference. however. TO the community whether
The sun., 1897-01-15
Cleveland as Spain's Mainstay.

We print a Washington letter about Mr..
CLEvELASD's ineffective efforts to induce
Spain to accept his services as prop for her
despotism in Cuba 1t isa story wholly dis
creditab!c to his name and inglorious for our
country. He began these efforts ten months
ago, plying the Spanish Premier at Madrid,
and the Spanish Minister at Washington,
with the aid Of Secretary OLNEY, whose in
genious mind has been at the service Of
CLEvELANDs stolid brain. He pursued his
purpose when Congress was in session
year ago; he pursued 1t constantly till De-
cembcr when he sent his recent message to
Congress, in which he announced that
he was still expecting success; he Is
yet laboring to promote it, He got
up his scheme when Spain's pros
poets in Cuba were darker than they
had ever been before he returned to
IL when Spain sat helplessly in the Cuban
mud; he brought it out again when Spain
was iounderlng in Pinar del Rio: he has
got Mr.. OLSEY to mention 1t once more,
when Spain's army is staggering aimlessly
from province to province, ravaging and
numbering along the way. He is the sole
autaor Of the only plan by which Spain can
maintain her evil sway in Cuba and he has
pressed it upon Spain as IL he were the
accepted guardian OF her interests.
One might have thought that after
CLEVELAND had made his offer last spring,
in the name OF the Government OF the
United States, and after Spain had for
eight months treated it with contempt by
ignoring it's existence, he would have regard
al his lahorS In TINT direction as aDdad .
but, as we know from his message and from
Information otherwise conveyed 10 us, un-
happy Spain has had no rest from his i'm
portunities. 1t is a most undignfied course
that he has chosen to pursue, in the name
OF our country. for the sake Of holding the
Spanish flag over Cuba, soaked in the blood
OF butchery, befouled by the CRIME OF ra-
pine, and rceking with pollution.
The attitude OF Spain In the case Is far
more deserving OF respect. From April last
till the end of the year Premier CANovAs
made no reply to his memorandum; but the
Premier took great deal OF trouble TO make
IL known through his Madrid organ that
Spain regarded his offer as an impertinence
and the repetition OF IL as wholly uncalled
for. spain did not want his help in Cuba
would not accept it, and would resist any
attempt to coerce her into it's acceptance
Even this attitude OF dignity and decision or
Spain's part, which has been steadily main
tanned from the first, has made no impres
Sion upon GROVER CLEVELAND, President o.
tie United States, and official Representative,
OF the American people.
u Is In a mean and drhnsing situat'or
The sun., 1897-01-15
wan TBE FIvAL ARBrYrp
sos, sr,sht o. Arbitration As-..w.,.

Na
To TIVE Enron or TuE suN-Sr. po,n,
me TO relate an incident which tests cle,,l,n'
estimate that ore OF EnGland's z-eG',s, ,,,s'
men put upon international treaties soon ,n..
the cIose Of the rebellion. and while pq- rl.,~.
upon the British Government for hamae..,.'
tnincA through the eonhuct OF B-it,.L ,ubi....
-pd ~ that Government itself We're pcnli,.
vas the bearer Of letter Of personal if,tdn.
tion 70 John Bright. When presenting my le,,,,
ard ere I could make known my pet.onei hr.
ness Mr. Bright with great earn..tne,s asked,
what are yon Americans gohg TO do abo,,
your war claimsT'
I replied: II could not speak for the psopl. Al,
the United States. but, by your leav. ",
Bright. permit me the liberty OF srgge.,on \,
10 plan Of settlement"
He listened attentively.
Have your great Government" coa'lnosa
-caii q council or convention OF all %, the l,.i'
ing commercial nations to deterfn,ne cod. :,
intern ationai law that will cover all p.e.ct, ,,t
possible questions In ri.pSte. AID Jet 'Us ar :.
determined be binding upon all tho aa,,o,,
joining for the future"
lie said: THAT Il a clever though. but n,
must remember. Mr.. II. that ~ar scysr.at,
agreements and war 10 paramount" JIM
NEW YORK. Jan.1i.
The sun., 1897-01-15
New YorE's Assets and Liabilities.

On the lst Of January the net public debt
OF New York was sllS,00o, 900, as against
s109, ,000,0 900 n year ago. This increase
OF s9,000,000 has been variously ex-
planned but not clearly and cogently in
any public document which has yet made
it's appearance. The debt Of Philadelphia
is s34 zoo. 900. OF Boston s43. 900. 900. of
Brooklyn s57 ,oOo. 900, OF Cincinnati s26-
100000, OF Baltimore sl5,0o0,00O, Of
Chicago $4,000. 900. of st. Louis s2o,-
OO0, 900, and Of New Orleans 81 {, 900, 900.
The debt OF New York is in the form
chiefly OF longtime bonds. drawing a
low rate Of interest, and protected by the
segregation OF certain items Of public
revenue, some OF them from special sources.
Us, for instance, water taxes. not devoted
to the payment OF the citys current
expenses. The whole debt, however, is
a charge upon the people OF the city,
and the question may be reasonably asked
II there Is q corresponding increase In the
assets OF New York to keep pace with the
growth OF the funded debt.
The city owns within its territorial boun-
daries real estate and buildings upon real
estate to the assessed value Of $500. .0oo. 900.
or of an actual value. under the ordinary
basis Of computation Of real estate values,
docks and wharves, OF the value OF about
$40, 900, 900; the school houses. valued at
$50, 900. 900; the courts. prisons, and cor
rectional institutions, at a like sum; fire
houses $40 900, 900, and police stations also
sl0.0O0,000, with armories valued at
3,50O,oo The markets. yielding a con-
siderable item Of public revenue, arc valued
at SEQ, ,000, 900. and the city parks, ex-
elusive Of Central Park, at s45, 900, 900.
| OF course, the city has neither the desire
nor the need to sell any of its park lands {;
but this estimate OF their present value
| greatly exceeds the amount OF bonds issued
for their acquisition. Shortly before the
| financial difficulties Of 1898 the Commits
sioners of Taxes and Assessments estimated
the approximate value OF Central Park at
SS7, ,0O0. 900, a sum which on the basis OF
actual to assessed value would represent
about sl45, 5,ooo,0 900 at that time or now
$50, ,OOo. 900 at least.
Twenty-Five years ago three we'll qualified
judges OF real estate values, among whom
was CoURTLASDT PALMER, put at $780,
OOO, 900 the value of the city's water sys-
TEN at that time and since then it has been so
greatly extended that an estimate of sl7O.-
900. 900 now Is not unreasonable. Some
authorities in municipal matters put the
amount even higher. Besides the tangible
assets OF the city already given, there are
some others-water lots, unused municipal
property, and portable effects. which bring
the total value up to about S415, 900. 600,
exclusive OF the city's many franchises OF
| great value, such as the ferries. the railroad
licenses, and the licenses for street cars.
But excluding all these from the account
OF stock prior to the Greater New York
consolidation, this city has in material
wealth four dollars of value for every dollar
IL owes.
The sun., 1897-01-15
A Diplomatic Tragedy.

A ceremony OF pathetic interest occurred
at London on Wednesday, when Ambnssa-
dor BAYARD called officially on Lord SAILS
BURY to exchange congratulations upon
the signing Of the arbitration treaty at
Washington by Sir JULIAN PAUScEFoTE
and Secretary OLNEY.
We do not believe that Mr.. BAYARD has
an enemy in the world outside Of the
Administration ut Washington; but the
bitterest, cruelest foe that any statesman
ever was cursed with, could have arranged
for him no bitterer. crueler humiliation
than this ceremonious interview OF con-
graduation with SALISBURY.
Poor BAYARD was the parent and both
the wet and dry nurse OF the kinship idea
He originated 1t, and he nurtured 1t In num-
berless eloquent speeches over British ma
hogany. II there could be copyright for
an administrative policy, IL broad and phil
anthropic views OF international brother
hood were pstentable, the copyright wonld
DO in the Ambassadors name, the patent
rights would belong to the Chevalier. And
Just when the ambition Of BAYABD's life
was about to be crowned with glorious
personal success, just when the labor Of
years WAS to be consummated by specific
attainment, the whole business of kinship
promotion was taken out of our Ambassa-
doris hands by Mr.. CLEVELAND and the sar-
donic OLSEY, the negotiations were removed
to Washington, and Mr.. BAYARD was brutal
ly informed by Mr. OLSEY's London organ
that he was a well-meaning but mischief
making person, despised and distrusted by
the President and the Secretary OF State,
and that both OF them would have rejoiced
IL he had resigned his embassy year ago.
The sting to Mr.. BAYARD is in the knowl-
edge that the brutal despatch from Wash
ington to the London Chronicle, describing
him as a nuisance to CLEVELAND and OLSEY,
went from correspondent who has access
to Mr.. OLNEy's inner room and inner
thoughts whenever the Secretary chooses to
disclose them to the British public the
same correspondent whom OLNEY has since
| allowed to get possession of the text OF the
treaty and to publish it in London. while in
this country II was still held as a confidential
document by the United States Senate.
Poor Chevalier! 1t is under such circum-
stances that he is compelled by the propre-
ties to seek ont Lord SALISBURY, and, with
a smiling face that masks wounded heart
congratulate his Lordship upon the glorious
conclusion OF the labors OF Sir JULIAN
PAUNcEFoTE and the Hon. RICHARD OLNEY
The sun., 1897-01-15
ASroSIus SrRApNArIrs FEcIT
ASSo 1873.
MADE IN GERaANY.

The manufacturer OF these Instruments probably
is gres, musician and judge Of yioins The house
which sold these goods !s located on Broadway. and
is one OF the biggest In the trade. MUSICIAN.
Astonishment at reputable merchant
selling with the SrRADIvARIus label a vio-
lin evidently cheap and modern, reminds
us OF the boy and the pie. From a stand
bearing the sign Hot Mince Pies" a boy
helped himself, and biting into the piece
found it stone cold "Swindlew said he.
ITS cold. It's cheat TO call these hot
mince pies" "Pshaw," said the merchant
that's the name OF 'em."
"ASToSIUs STRADIvARIus fecit II -"
has gradually become the established
name for all fddles whose actual origin is
SO humble as TO be unasserted, just as
the personal name OF CESAR became the
regular title for all Roman emperors. In
either case the name Of emperor or fiddle
follows the principle that the best Is
always good enough for use. This practice
has grown to be so frequent among the
The sun., 1897-01-15

and wise ss We are, yet wicked Legislators
refuse 10 heed our warnings" That was the
substance of the Mugwump wall.
1t il true that the effect produced on the
people by this croakiug aud self-adulation
was sentimental only. The business and
property Of the country went on increasing
in volume and value. But even mere feeling
Of dependency Is obstructive to prosperity.
II weakens the confidence upon which
progress depends. 1t Is the bear feeling,
which in the stock market sends down quota
tions, in spite OF really encouraging condi-
tions, and sometimes generates in the end
despair that Is hysterical In its manifesto
tions. Imagination becomes more powerful
than reality.
It is this bear feeling from which we have
been suffering 90 acutely during the last
four or five years moro particularly: and its
baleful effects have been increased by the
incompetence Of the bear Administration at
Washington. II is the cause Of the great
and unprecedented addition to the bonded
debt OF the Government In time OF pro-
found peace. The real occasion for the bor-
rowing Of money was the enormous de-
ficit produced directly by the bear policy OF
the howlers; and the new debt Is legacy
which will keep them in the memory OF q
distant posterity. Every word Of GROVER
CLEVELAND, written and spoken, has been
q word Of dlsparagement, Of doubt, OF dis
trust, and wailing. It Is no wonder that the
popular spirit became depressed, and that
the natural hopefulness Of the American
people was chilled.
They have had enough Of this cesseless
bowling. They are tired Of it. Despond-
ency, qucrulousness, hypochondria, are not
congruous with the aggressive American
temperament. The American people are
not bears They are bulls. They have risen
from the infectious pessimism Of Cleveland
ism and now are looking ahead confidently
to the greatest period Of progress and pros
perity this republic has ever enjoyed.
The CLEVELAND bear movement has come
to an end. The American people have re
sumed their old confidence and enterprise,
and vitality will now be in order.
The sun., 1897-01-15
a POPUI ItT COMING.
Ts Make . Man Sell Land at . Price Fixed
by the Court
H-or, TIE Ennsss civ rin,,.

Fror. DS Kansas cay rir',s.
ToYEK.. Jan. ia practical illustration o. Chief
Jusceelect Frank Dosers theory. that the rights o;
the user are paramount the rights OF tie owner
is to Be made IN the Legislature tnis winter.
Henry Mclean. judge posters law partner. las IRE
pared bill providing for the sale Of an'. not used
homesteads upon demand OF sosc desiring such lands
for homestead purposes. should the bill he, ONE
law no person In the state OF Ksn,as would be abe
to hold more land than he coui occupy and that
is ~ Any other prr,ou having family desired to take
q homestead out Of the surpus and hSd money
enough TO pay for H.
The bi,i provides that whenever man seeking
homestead serves upon man holding more land than
he occupy ami use declaration In wrtin:. d5ly
verified that he 1. cit,ep OF the United States and
OF the state OF kansas thathc Is the head OF family
and docs not own hhmrstcai and that MS wife does
not own homestead, and tSat he wants TO buy for
homestead purpoSs n tract o; lanc not more a. an
100 acres In the country. not more than acre
in town held but not uset by the man served WITH
the declaration t shall b. tn. irty Of the latter to
sell the property.
The homestead seeker must make a tender OF tho
sum OF money he thinkS the land 10 worth; n the
price suit the owner he may refuse acceI
the oYcr Thc homestead seeker may then CONNIE 9
an action in the District court to compel the land.
owner TO make the copNeyAnc-, dcposItng the
amount OF the tender and 10 uer cent al iitional
with clerk. TIE sha he Tried by Jury as
In other causes and the jury nj, that the facts set
forth in the petition and In the de laraton true
u shalt decide In favor OF the plaintiff, and IL si al,
the duty of the jury o the value Of the
II the jury nnis the value OF tre land 10 be nore
than the amount rendered, nads against the plain
tin the facts the pAntin shall pay the costa II
the jury nEds for the plaintiff the defendant shall
pay the costs II the jury in addition 10 finding for
the planti nsds the value tAEr ten Ter and
the plaintiff falls TO pay the difference the plaint
| shall pay all costs.
Women who heads OF families are to have the
same rights under the proposed law men.
The sun., 1897-01-15

Our esteemed contemporary. the ithaca
Journal. scatters praise with full hands upon
the Hon. FRANK :. BLACK. II avers that not
only Is he "imperially splendid" but that he
deserves to be ranked with the brAiniest
statesmen this Commonwealth has ever known"
Governor BLACK may be willing TO be called
"imperialiy splendid" for he knows that poetry
abonnd. in Ithaca. but will he consent 10 be
called brainiest ?" No doubt " brainy" Is an
adjective which Is capable Of pleasing those
who Ike Il, but there are persons whom 1, Hlis
with grief and pain. A poet IN sight OF Cornell
University might nave chosen q more approved
brand Of molasse> than bra,ny."