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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-10
SILK STOCK.

Rich black and colored Silks A large line of changeable
Taetas All varieties in black silk Surahs Peau de Soir
Duchess, Armure Brocaded Silks and Satins
Have you purchased any of our csc white spreads The
last lot the best sze pearl hemmed and patterns
and while you in spreads look at the $1o $2o and
81 80 goods Patented patterns and confined estab
shment Rich Marseles quilts 81, $3.50 and $3.50 and
up In the housekeeping line we have values
choice beached damasks napkins and doiies
We ready with Mattngs-very choice and very cheap
us for line of goods sold 2oc ST. the
piece 5c SIS the piece Another line of ointless
goods just I5c per yard S. the piece Better Mat
ngs from 81. so SIS per roll choice consignment
of Rugs at very low prices
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-10
To Cure n Col

To Cure Cold i'll One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tables. al
Druggists refund the money if it fails 10
cure. % cents Sold by CHAgLEs G. LENNON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-10
WANTS.

uTANTED.-A YOUNG MAN as stenog-
w rapher and Typewriter; also to do
general office WORK moderate salary but good
chance for advancement if he can give salts
faction. Address, stating age, salary wanted
and last employer. TYPEWRITER, care OF
Gazette. mar1o ST
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-10

A pension was granted yesterday to
Landonia Mason, of Alexandria county.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-10
MERCHANT TAILORING DEPARTMENT

Our goods in large purchase made from the
bankrupt sale of M Won Keller exclusive importer of fine
wooens stock sold auction for spot cash. We were
large buyers Come in and see the goods
Large additions our Lace and Embroidery stock Dainty
Laces and Embroideries from sc to s. per yard
Another very snowy line of goods from inches wide
prices from &c per yard You buy yards here
for what you can buy yards at other establishments
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-10
DRY GOODS.
v God ward & LOthrOD
10th, 18th and T StS., N. ".
DRY GOODS.

'OPENING OF Women S
~ and Children's Knit I'm
derwear for Spring of 81. The
stock is now complete with
every desirable kind Of garment
and includes with others Amer
lean Hosiery Co. S, Furley and
Buttrum, Stuttgarter, Munsing
Plated, and Ypsilanti makes.
We are the Washington agents
for "Stuttgarter' and "Ypsil-
anti " Besides these we are
showing, in other reputable
makes, Vests, Pants, and Com
bination Suits OF silk, silk and
wool, all wool, cotton and wool,
Isle, balbriggan and cotton.
Womens Swiss Ribbed Cotton Vests, low
neck and no sleeves, 121ac.
sleeves, 21c; 5 for $1.O0.
Womens Imported Swiss Ribbed Cotton
Vests, low neck, no sleeves; silk ribbon in
neck and armholes, 25c
Women's Imported Swiss Ribbed Lslc
Thread Vests; silk ribbon in neck and arm.
holes, 35c; 3 for 81 90.
Womcn's Fancy Silk Vests, low neck, no
sleeves, SOC.
Women's jersey Ribbed Cotton Vests, high
mock, long and short sleeves. Pants in knee
length to match, 35c; 3 for $100.
Womon's Vests and Pants (for large women;
vests with high neck and long sleeves, or low
neck and no sleeves % and soc.
Pants in knee length to match, so and Toe
Womcns Pants and Vests; vest high neck.
long and short sleeves. and low mock and no
sleeves. Pants in ankle and knee lengths,
SOC.
Womcns Fancy Isle Thread Vests, low
neck and no sleeves. Suitable for corset COW
ers, soc to ST. 90.
Womcns jersey Ribbed Combination Suits
west and pants in one); high neck, long or
short sleeves; low neck and no sleeves, 81. Is.
=.0--
Lawn Gowns and Dressing Sacques.
Colorcd Lawn Gowns for sleeping, lounging
and general house negligc purposes; either
high neck or Empire stylc box plated or
Vatican back; extraordinary value.
81 90.
Women's White Lawn Dressing Sacques,
tight back, loose front, large bishop sleeves,
| round y-down collar, trimmed with ruillc
Of same.
S1.0O.
@ GOODS DELIVERED IN ALIEN
ANDRIA.
" oodward & Lothrop
10th, nth & F SITS, n. w.
WASHINGTON. y. c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-10
DRY GOODS.
DRY GOODS.
Our early spring styles in and the goods speak for
themselves So visit US often and inspect them
WASH FABRICS.

Styles varied and effective from the dainest patterns in
Dmites to the rich designs large figured Organizes Ta
etas and Tissues
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-10
R>ONE PRICE.8M

GROCERIES.
aas- Ramsay Sells the Best.
no you recollectw what
~ [ told a few weeks
ago about Evaporated
Apples [ have re-
duced the price again,
this time to I cents.
You would never get
them at that price if |
ha | not too many,
some 600 pounds, and
want to sell them
promptly. hat [ have
are very fancy, and
they are much cheaper
than green apples at
rs cents a peck. Yes,
| know you can buy
some green apples at
20 cents, but thew are
poor stuff. You have
to cut away at least a
third before they are
fit to use. A pound OF
evaporated apples is
equal to a half peck
Of green apples and
no trouble to cut up.
Make your own calcu-
Iation as to which is
cheaper.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-26
DAREDEVIL GORDON.
The Ambitious Mate Found Out OF What
the skipper Was Made.

The oil skipper set down his glass and,
drawing his knurly hand across his frosty
beard emitted growl of displcasure.
"Mcrc bilgo water, he said in a lower
hold voice that had done service in II Cape
Horn gale Nothing seems ms it was in
the old days"
The company did not dispute the griz-
Zlcd shellback. They knew that there was
n yarn coming, and they simply sat still
and looked expcctantly at him.
"The best tasting liquor l ever hoisted
aboard" the old fellow said, twas when /
was on the American clipper Memnon.
shipped as second mate to Captain Cor
don. He had reputation as a driver Sec
ond TO no other skipper then anoat. He
had lost the Boston packet Anglo-Saxon,
and, being young and ambitious, was de.
sirous of rcdccming himself. It was blow
ing fresh one day, and we had the ship
down to to'gallant sails, with the wind
abeam and devil of cross sea running.
j had the middle watch, and as the captain
went below for a short snooze he says to
me, Keep her a-going and If IL freshens
any and you get scared give me call.
''The old craft was then a-boiling along
and the deck was as wet as n half tide
rock Thinks l TO myself, 'Ill see what
you're made of-ship and skipper, both. ,
! wanted to make u reputation, and be-
sides had very little TO risk.
"'Aye, aye, sir; III keep her a-going,
was my reply TO the skipper, and l did
crack 1t to her. The watch was about half
out, and the ship was jumping and diving
like porpoise and her masts springing
like whips i began to get little nervous,
and finally concluded that it was time TO
ease her IA little, particularly as some Of
the crew were looking at me and the wind
was heading the ship off. dived below.
The captain was on the transom in his
clothes.
"'Captain Gordon" l says, the ship
is laboring some, the wind is veering, and
] fear We'll jump the foremost out. tbs
time to shorten sail, / think, for the water
on the main deck is up to your knees. ,
Turning over with his back toward me,
he says nonchalantly:
When it gets up to your chin, give me
another call.
~ jumped up on deck quicker than
came down, dumfounded at such an ex-
hibition of recklessness. i took the re-
sponsibility, however, of swinging the
ship off some, and, the water smoothing a
little, we began 20 make better weather.
"Then ] went below and took a nip Of
that good whisky to settle my nerves -
New York Sun
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-26
= CHASE AFTER eHouLs.
The Innocent Reporter Afterward Learned
How Bet Was Decided.

To hunt grave robbers is not pleasant
assignment. but that task devolved upon
me when | was reporting in the small
western city Of Blanktown The sacred
resting places of Blanktown's dead had
been disturbed by ghouls, and indignation
ran high ] was detailed TO investigate
the rohbories ] made a mistake at the
start ! told the local police force, one
man and town constable, of my assign
ment, and they kindly took me under their
protection and invited me 20 go with them
TO guard the cemetery. We used To sit on
the wall of the graveyard every night after
~ O'Clock. The grave robbers must have
known of our presence, for they kept out
of the way for long time.
One dark night when the wind had
driven us TO shelter in rickety toolhou3e,
the ghouls came and rcsurrected old Joe
NJ from the vault where the township au
thorities had placed him. They had car
ried the body half way across the cemetery,
when one of the robbers stumbled and
swore. We heard them and gave chase.
The first thing a country policeman
thinks of in an emergency like this is to
shoot, and the two banged away at the
fleeing forms goo yards ahead until the
chambers of their weapons were empty.
We saw the fugitives turn down a side ave-
nue. into the town. AS we ran it struck
me as grotesque to hear a college song
started up ahead of us. In n few minutes
we came upon three students apparently
intoxicated. They were leaning against
fence, clinging affectionately to each other,
and two were shifting the third on the
back.
They stopped when the constable asked
them whether any one had passed them.
Replying that no one had, they broke forth
in song again. The man in the middle
was not limp as man very drunk usually
Is, but he stood as erect as n soldier A
thin cap was comically cooked over one
eye, and underneath the rim his face was
expressionless.
you two fellows get home and take
that other sot with you,' was the parting
shot of the constable. We did not capture
the thieves, but the robberies ceased.
A few weeks ago / met Billy W., now
taking post graduate course in medical
college in this city.
"Do you remember Joe Nj. ?'' he asked
me.
81 guess ought to. Why?"
"Oh, nothing. Only we had deuce of
a time that night you chased us out of the
Blanktown cemetery. Holding that heavy
corpse between us and playing that farce
of q college trio on a lark was no mean
task, can tell you. We got him to the
college, and i won my bet. He lad died of
liver disease and not paresis, as Jim l..
had wagercd. "-Exchange.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-26
Boston.s New Water supply.

The metropolitan water commission Is
about TO build the largest storage reservoir
in the world, its capacity being no less
than G5, 900, 600, 900 gallons, or, according
to Fire and Water, "enough to supply the
city of Boston for 81 years and four times
as much as the capacity of all the existing
waterworks reservoirs of that city. It's
capacity is twice as much as that of the
new Croton reservoir of New York. thrice
that of the six reservoirs of Birmingham,
England, 80 times that of the Cochituate
and % times that of Hobbs brook of tho
Cambridge system. 1t will hold more wa
ter than the inner harbor of Boston"
This dam is to be built at Clinton,
Mass, and the vast volume of water COW
ering over A 600 acres, will be entrapped
and retained by dam $50 feet long Tor
20 feet shorter than the Croton damn, 1877
feet high above the ground and 15S feet
high above its rock foundation. This dam
is, however, not as high as number of
others which retain much less water. The
Croton dam has height of 157 feet above
ground and 245 above rock. "Io guard
against the pressure of the millions of tons
of water that will lie excrtcd on the dam
the engineers have made their plans with
the greatest care, drawing upon every at
tainable source of information. The dam
will cross narrow gorge about three-flfths
of mile above the Lancaster mills, at
which point solid rock support for every
part of the dam exists. 1t will be built
wholly of masonry, having the same form
of cross section as that of the new Croton
dam. -Engineering News.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-26
Why SHE WORE HER HAT.
He Made Many Suesses, but IL seems They
Were All Wrong.

women are growing moro sensible rs n
class, - said the tall man at the theater.
Il dent see how you can say that, F"
growled the short man, crossing his legs
ana allowing one foot To protrude into the
aisle in way which threatened danger 10
paSscrsby.
Il was noticing the small hat that wom-
an two seats ahead Of me has on, " return
ed the tall man. "She is evidently sens
bic woman and
"Humph! Just look at the woman in
front of me, " growled the short man. 500
you see anything sensible about herr Look
at that hat, will youy'
- don { call that large hat" said the
tall man. you ought 10 have seen the
one in front of me the other evening.
Il don't know what you call large hat
then, shifted the short man. 81 suppose
this woman couldn't afford both hat and
an umbrella so she got a hat that would
do duty for both.
The tall man chuckled, then he wills
pered: keep it up. l can tell she is lis
tening"
perhaps / ought not 10 expect her to
take it Off though, went on the short
man. Her hair may be up in curl papers
or crimping pins, and i'm that case l should
be the last man TO wish her TO take her
hat OF. F"
The lady's hands went up TO the pins in
her hat and then, glancing at the man
next her, she let them drop in her lap.
again, went on the short man, "she
may be quite an old woman and afraid of
drafts, so, of course, l must not COM
PLAIN. L can't think of any other reason
why she wears "a hat in theater.
The lady whirled around in her seat
with blazing eyes.
"You can't think why I wear a hat in
the theater, can't your" she said. "Well
III tell you-it is on my husbands ac-
COUNT
The short man looked as If he had
touch of apoplexy, and the tall man pre-
tended not To hear
"I-I don't understand" faltered the
short man.
"Oh, don't you? Well, as soon as the
curtain goes down he will grab his hat
and coat and bounce out into the aisle,
calling, Come on, Amelian He puts on
his coat as he goes, even if he does knock
down few people in doing il. / can't do
that, and if l had to stop TO put on my
hat, too, he would reach home before l
could catch up TO him. And that is why
wear my hat at the theater.
The short man made no reply, but after
the curtain went up, noticing that she had
no programme he reached over and hand
ed her one.-Chicago Times-Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-26
THE VATICAN.
An Interesting Description of Rome's Fa-
nous Ola building.

An Interesting Description of Rome's Fa-
nous Ola building.
The Vatican covers n space Of / 200 feet
in length and 900 feet in breadth and is
the largest palace in the world. 1t is in
Rome, on the right bank of the river Tiber,
and on the Vatican hill, from which it de-
rives its name. 1t is said to have been
founded by Pope Symmachus, who erected
n small house on its site about 800 A. ID.
On this site, too, a building was inhabited
by Charlemagne in 500.
Several times it has fallen into decay
and been restored. Pope Eugenius rebuilt
1t on a magnificent scale in 1l60. In 1906
Clement V removed the papal see from
Rome to Avignon, and the Vatican was
in a neglected and obscure state for many
years.
Nicholas V in 1850 commenced the great
work of making it the noble palace that it
now Is. After the return of the pontiflcal
court to Rome it became the actual resi-
dence of the pope One after another u
long line of popes have added splendid
buildings to it, and at present the lowest
estimate gives the number of rooms at
4,422
Gradually it has been enriched with
great paintings, statues, books, curious
medals, gems, frescoes and antiquities of
every description, until it is now the
worlds richest depository. The museum
of statuary is about mile in length and
contains more than 10000 statues that
have been exhumed from the ruined tenn
pies and palaces of Rome.
The Vatican contains the Sistine chapel,
built by Sixtus V in 1473 and adorned by
the wonderful genius of Michael Angelo;
oh httf -,
1910; the Loggia and Stance Of Raphael,
and the court of the Belvedere.
The library of the Vatican is truly q
great one. 1t Is exceedingly rich i'm man
uscripts, containing as many as 10000,
somc of which are by Pliny, st. Thomas
and st. Charles Borromeo. and many He
brew, Arabian, Syrian and Armenian BIZ
Dies. 1t has about $4,000 printed volumes
and several rich museums of ancient and
modern articles of vertu.--Philadelph
Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-26
Variation In an Apple.

correspondent in Vermont sends the
following paragraph and asks for COM
ment on it,
II. III. L., San Francisco, writes: In
the spring of 1886 was living in Park
man, Geauga county, q. / had 30 or 40
apple trees. Some men came along graft
Ing apples, and L employed them to graft
my trees, which were about 6 years old
They cut off the limbs and put in prob
ably half dozen gratis to the tree. When
they got to bearing one of the trees had
one graft that bore apples of about mcdi.
um size, and one-half Of the apple was vel.
low and the other half green. The yellow
half was sweet and the green half was
sour. One graft bore apples fourth yell
low and one-iourth green. and another one
fourth yellow and one-fourth green. The
yellow was sweet and the green sour. Can
you tell how that could haprenp"
The apple was probably the Rhode Is
land grecning, which is especially rome to
play these FRANKS In the east IL is goncr-
ally classcd with the subacid varieties. In
California IL Is very often wholly sweet
It's habit OF having occasionally sections OF
the same fruit of different characters Is
well known. Occasional variations In
these and other characters are common in
all kinds Of fruits and flowers. Perfectly
white stripes will ut times appear In leaves
normally green, and the white would have
different taste to the green. We do not
charge these vagaries to grating, crossing
with other pollen or any external infiu-
ence, but to some obscure law operating
IN plantsat all times. -Meehan's Monthly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-26
Making Lincoln presentable.

In narrating "When Lincoln Was First
Inaugurated' in The Ladies' Home Jour
nal, Stephen Fiske writes Interestingly of
the memorable journey from Springfield,
Ills, to the national capital, and tells of
Mrs. Lincoln's efforts to have her husband
look presentable when receiving delega-
ton that was to greet them upon reaching
New York city.
"The train stopped" writes Mr.. Fiske,
land through the windows immense
crowds could be seen. The cheering
drowned the blowing off Of steam by the To-
connective. Then Mrs. Lincoln opened her
handbag and said:
49, abraham, must fix you up bit for
these city folks
"Mr. Lincoln gently lifted her upon the
seat before him. She parted, combed and
brushed his hair and arranged his black
necktie.
DO look nice now, mothcrr he af-
fectionately asked.
"'Wcll, you'll do, Abraham replied
Mrs. Lincoln critically. SO he kissed her
and lifted her down from the seat and
turned to Mayor Wood, courtly and suave,
and to have his hand shaken by the other
New York officials
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-26
One of Lincoln's Kind Acts.

One summer morning shortly before the
close of the civil war the not unusual
sight in Washington of an old veteran hob
bling along could have been seen on u
shady path that led from the executive
mansion TO the war Office. The old man
was in pain, and the pale, sunken cheeks
and vague, faraway stare in his eyes be-
tokenod short lived existence. He halted
n moment and then slowly approached u
tall gentleman who was walking thought
fully along Good morning, sir. I'm an
old soldier and would like to ask your ad-
vice.
The gentleman turned, and smiling
kindly, invited the poor old veteran to a
seat under shady trte. There he listened
TO the mans story of how he had fought
for the Union and was severely wounded,
incapacitating him for other work i'm life,
and begged directions how to apply for
back pay due him and pension, Offering
his papers for examination.
The gentleman looked over the papers
and then took out card and wrote dircc-
tons on it, also few words TO the pen
sion bureau, desiring that speedy attention
be given to the applicant, and handed it
to him.
The old soldier looked at It, and with
tears in his eyes thanked the tall gentle
man, who, with n sad look, babe him good
luck and hurried up the walk. Slowly the
soldier read the card again and then turn.
ed 1t over TO read the name of the owner.
More tears wellcd in his eyes when he
knew whom he had addressed himself to,
and his lips mutterod: 81 am glad ]
fought for him and the country, for be
never forgcts. God bless Abraham Lin
coin P-Ilarper's Round Table
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-26
PAUPERS AND SCRAP IRON.
The Grounds of an Almshouse Beautihed
by Desultory Ingenuity.

What can be made out of scraps is shown
in many ways in the domestic economies of
Blackwell's island. 1t has no more inter
esting illustration than the arbor work
that is being put together there from time
TO time. No silver of iron goes To waste
about the almshouse grounds Among the
paupers are many clever artisans in the
metals, who are able To make anything
from a crowbar to a clock. 1t is n pleasant
occupation for them to tinker away in the
shops. SO the keepers have had them work
over the iron hoops, broken stove lids, dis.
used kitchen utensils, tin cans and other
institution wreckage.
Out of this unEronIising material they
have made ornamental trellises and wick
crwork, handsome garden gates and sum
mer houses for the vines to Chamber over.
Set at intervals about the almshouse farm,
these bits of adornment give it some of the
aspect of an English estate, with lodge
gate and inviting hooks The accummu-
lation of picturesque effects is going on
slowly, but constantly.
An important auxiliary is the roadmak-
ing that is carried on with the aid OF the
workhouse people. The island is being
provided with a system of highways that
delight the doctors who ride wheels. They
are hard and smooth, and, what is more,
no money is spent in their construction.
From the rock of their beds to the top
dressing of ashes tamped down to the
smoothness OF asphalt everything is the
product of the islands waste No expense
is incurred in keeping work horses. A
dozen short term men at the end of long
rope will jerk along "a cart as full as it will
hold of building material. The problem
of employing the city's charges without
bringing them into conflict with the jeal-
ousics of the labor unions is well on to-
ward solution upon Blackwell's island. -
New York Mail and Express.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-26

ANY one can carry on the experiment
with this fertile word comprehensive as
much farther as he pleases 1t is no better
word for the purpose than 1000 other
words in the English language.
81 got into the habit of practicing with
words in this way when was "a boy, and
/ can't get out of it. 1t often helps to put
me to sleep at night, and it sometimes
takes up my mind when am walking in
the street or dining at my club or holding
a conversation. 1t is bothersome habit.
When was introduced the other day to
man named Wilson, / set to work ut once
upon his name, out of which got win,
won, sin, son, now, sow, soil, no and on,
and i also sought to justify myself in get
ting wo, because the word woe was often
spelled that way in old times.
1.-THE habit bothers me in reading, for
many time l cannot help stopping to in
dulge in it. / stand ready to warn every
person against falling into it, for do not
believe that any one who takes 1t up can
ever shake it off. That's my experience.
Exchange.