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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-21
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-21

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THRUST EES' SALE OF THE VALUABLE
i PROPERTY KNOWN As TIE TON.
TINE HOTEL, NOS 300 AND 81 CAM.
ERON STREET, ALEXANDRIA, Va.
By virtue of s. dead of trust executed by
John G. Slater and wife to the undersigned
trustees, on the twenty-fourth day OF Noyem-
ber A D. 1894, and duly recorded among
he land records OF the city of Alexandria,
the request of the beneficiary under said
trust, default having been made in the pay
nent of the debt thereby secured, the under.
signed will sell at pubic auction, on the
premises. On
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23rd, 1897,
at three o'clock p. M the following described
Those THEE CERTAIN PIECES OF
GROUND and PREMISES, situate, lying and
being il the city of Alexandra, county of
Alexandra, and State of Virginia, and sepa-
rately and distinctly described as follows; to
wit:
~. Beginning for the first tract at point
on the north side of Cameron street 50 feet
81 inches west of Fairfax street, and running
thence west on Cameron Al feet IL inches to
yogelgesang's line; thence Forth i Al feet ;
thence south parallel with Cameron street Al
feet / inches and thence south in direct
line 141 feet to the beginning.
~. Beginning for the second tract at q
point S3 feet 5 inches west of Fairfax street
and 141 feet 1 inch north of Cameron street !;
thence west 40 feet with line of lot above de-
scribed thence north So feet inches !;
then Q east 40 feet; theace south 30 feet 6
iDches
(3) beginning for the third tract on tho
west side Of Fairfax street 176 feet z inches
north of Cameron street, thence running
west So feet inches thence south % feet q
inches thence east IS feet / I inches; thence
north 10 feet thence east 70 feet 81 inches
to Fairfax street, and thence north on Fair.
fax street 0 feet 6 inches to the beginning.
Said three tracts of land being the same
property which was conveyed to the said John
G. Slater by E DUNCAN and wife by deed
dated April 22nd. 1890, and recorded in
book No. "a, page 25G, of tho land records of
said city Of Alexandria, Virginia, said prop
erty being improved by a LARGE BRICK
HOTEL BUILDING.
Terms of Sale: Oae.fourth cash, balance
payable in equal instalments in six, twelve
and eighteen months, respectively de-
post of 5000 will be required at the time of
sale. All convsyanciug and recording at the
purchasers cost. Terms to be complied with
in len day from date Of sale, otherwise the
property may be reso.d at the risk and cost
of the defaulting purchaser.
JOSIAH c. STODDARD, Trastee.
N. E. Cor. 18th and G streets, II. W. Washing.
ADDISON G. DUBOIS, Trustee,
s. W. Cor. 9Th and Il streets, n. W. Washing.
ton, D. G.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-21
DRY GOODS.
AS ResistlesS
DRY GOODS.

As the floods of the Potomac is the flood of
bargains we offer you Monday and all next
week. The current of I OW PRICES is lust
like the current of high waters when the
Potomac gets wrothy-it carries everything
hefore IL
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-21

,r,,rEEB rRoBABILITIEs.-Fol this
w. % nrobsbly fsir tonight and Friday ;
; tsl,iy irooley tonight; westerly winds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-21
DRESS GOODS.

BRIGHTEST, BIGGEST AND BEST.
That's the way our Dress Goods Depart.
ment stands. Three times as big variety
here as you'll find anywhere, and it's gentle
tug the prices give your purse string for all
this GOODNESS. No danger Of your not be-
ing suited, and speedily too.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-21
Black Goods Dept.

BrilliantiDcs. 90 and GOc.
Brocaded Goods in endless variety. 25c to
$10O.
Cashmeres and Henriettas, 25c to 81. 90.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-21

THE COLUMBIA NATURAL LITHIA
Z WATER, the best water for the sick
pure, clear and health. giving, analysed ~
Prof. E. T. Fristoe, of Columbian University,
ltof. Clifford Richardson, Chemist of the
District OF Columbia. Rev. J. W. Fox. Chemist
Of Georgetown College, and Prof. W. NJ.
Gray, Pacteriologis. of Providence Hospital
Call AMI get samples at
WAKEFIELD & HALLS,
General Agents Alexandria Va
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-21

N. B.-The Washington National Building
and Loan Association, of Washington, D. c.,
will loan purchaser of the above property in
accordance with its chatter and bylaws, the
sum of $500 or less if he so desires the
same TO be secured by first lien upon said
property,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-21

T. 81. ANDERSON,
General Council of said Association, northeast
corner 18th and G streets, n. W. Wash
ipgton, D. G. oct12 eo6t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-21
By R. F. Knox, Auctioneer.

E. G. i. MONCURE,
oct21 W4w Trustee.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-13
Bricks Mado From Sand.

An organization has been incorpor.
eted at San Francisco, CAL, which
proposes to expend $50, 900 in the
purchase of site and the erection of
buildings for the manufacture of
bricks from sand. The stone brick,
which it is proposed to make here, is
manufactured from powdered stone
or the elements contained in stone,
such as sand, clay, etc. These sub
stances arc mixed with prepared
"hux," which acts as bond, holding
together the particles of sand or other
material used as a filler, and the whole
being thoroughly annealed by heat
ing.
Among the advantages claimed for
the brick is the saving of time, only
ten hours being needed for their man
ufacture instead Of eight to thirty
days, a much less consumption of fuel,
scarcely any loss from burning, q
crushing strength of from 10000 to
5000 pounds to the square inch in
stead of from 400 to 1000 pounds, and
n reduction of cost to three-fifths ol
that of the old.style bricks New
York Advertiser.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-13
FASHION NOTES.

Jeweled buttons and enameled bnt.
tons, so carefully done that they ro.
semble Florentine mosaics, are used.
The fashion for trimmed skirts
seems to be gaining favor very
rapidly, and the dressmakers assure
you with great confidence that they
have come to stay.
Real ieweled pins will be much worn
in the hair this season, and will also
be seen on evening bonnets and dress
hats. The odder tue pin, the more it
is priced and admired.
Satin, serge and tweed knicker-
bockers, made with a removable fan
mel lining, are a good substitute for
the short flannel skirt, and are worn
with street costumes in cold weather.
Corselets are in great favor, and the
bolero jacket seems to have taken
new lease of popularity, and, com.
bined with the new corselet or high
draped belt, will be much worn this
autumn.
AS for the buttons, this season they
are made of tortoise shell, mother of
pearl or cut steel. Fur buttons are
out of date. The longest jackets meas
ure about thirty-two inches. The most
popular length is twenty-five inches.
Shirt waists of French flannel in
plain colors with black polka dots are
decidedly the thing for morning wear,
and they are made up exactly like the
cotton ones worn in summer, with q
black satin stock collar or a wide linen
one.
Chinchiila toques are worn with
gowns and coats ornamented with the
same fur, and they are trimmed with
rosettes of bright ribbon, cream lace,
and gray or black ostrich feathers.
Sable toques with violets are another
fancy.
The loose Empire coats grow in
popularity among youthful wearers
and slender matrons. Some OF the
more recent models have stitched
bands Stimulating boxpleats, and a few
have their straight fronts open over
fur vests. They have loose bishop
sleeves with fur cuffs and very ex-
travagant looking Medici collar edged
with fur band. Expensive imported
models in this style are made various
ly of fur entire-mink, otter, chin
chilla or Persian lamb.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-13
HOW TO HOLD UP THE DRESS

Every few months there arises O
new style for women to hold their
dresses when walking. Last spring
the fair pedestrian grasped her gown
firmly in the middle of the back, and
with herculean strength kept the mass
of godets, haircloth and other acces.
sories from sweeping the streets by
main force.
Now, when she takes her walks
abroad, my lady clutches her super.
fuous drapery just above the knees
with both hands in such way rs to
pull oil the fullness from the back,
and the plaits and furbelows form a
sort of advance guard of her progress.
This is more or less fetching, accord.
ing to the individual grace of the
wearer, but to the uninitiated it pre-.
sents the appearance of an ,agonized
hold on some hidden garment which
may be slipping from its moorings. -
Washington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-13

Lady Henry Somerset and Mrs.
Ormiston Chant are preparing to
found school in England for the in.
struction of women in public speak.
ing.
Miss Caroline Ormes- Ransom, an
artist OF Washington, has painted the
pictures of many famous statesmen
and soldiers, among whom we're Presi-
dents Grant, Hayes and Garfield.
Princess Pauline de Metternich, who
used to sot the fashions in Paris under
the Second Empire, has received the
grand medal and diploma of honor Tor
fat cattle at the Budapest exhibition.
Lady Uric Duncombe, after testing
the triumphs of the social whirl in
London, has entered Girton College
as an undergraduate, and will devote
herself hereafter to philosophy and
history.
The much.traveled Duchess OF
Cleveland, mother of Lord Rosebery,
is anticipating a voyage to South
Africa in December. No other Duchess
living has explored the world so thor.
oughly,
Rev. Helen Van Anderson has be.
come pastor of the new church of the
Higher Life in Boston. She is about
thirty-fve years of age-so it is claimed
--and is described as fair and fash
ionable.
Baroness Won Zedwitz, sister of Miss
Caldwell, who lately married the
Marquis de Mezinville, was a guest of
Madame Adelina Patti at Craig -y-Nos
last summer and has published in
German review an account OF her
sojourn at the singers castle.
The Baroness Adolph de Rothschild
at her Brittany villa in one OF the walls
of her boudoir has q sliding panel OF
plate glass through which at pleasure
she can SEQ into her COW palace where
the animals feed from marble man.
gers, and are mllked into silver pals.
Three young Indian girls have re.
Gently completed the course for trained
nurses in the Philadelphia Hospital.
Miss Phoebe Hood, one of the young
women, is the daughter of Pawnee
chief. Miss Kate Greenod is of the
Wyandotte tribe, and Miss Lily Wind,
of Canada, belongs to the tribe of the
Ottawas.
Few mistresses of the White H ouse
have been the moving spirits of gen.
eral gayety. One brilliant figure
stands forth rs an ideal social head of
the Republican court, and most of the
others, admirable as they were, seem
prosaic by comparison. Dolly Madi-
son has never had her counterpart in
the home of the Chief Executive.
Helen Keller, the deaf, dumb and
blind girl, has added to her other
achievements that of riding q bicycle
through the streets of Cambridge,
Mass. 1t is, to be sure, a tandem, and
her companion does the steering, but,
as showing the possibility of new
pleasure for the blind, this latest
triumph OF the famous mute is re-
garded as an important as well as in
teresting one.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-13

A scene occurred in Jefferson Market Po-
lice Court, New York, which brought tears
to the eyes Of the most hardened spectators.
William Hodnot, twenty-seven years old,
stood at the bar, charged by his gray-heired
mother with being an habitual drunkard.
Although OF fiue physique and we'll dressed
the prisoner showed the effects Of recent
debauch.
In tones scarcely audible tho mother
begged the magistrate to seud her son 20
some place where liquor could not be OBJ
tained.
"Whisky is running him, +" she moaned at
is killing him, and through him II is killing
me. He won't give II up. But he does not
seem to be able TO withstand temptation.
Send him some place where the accursed
stun cannot be had"
During this pathetic appeal she had kept
her eyes resoiutely away from her son. He
had kept tugging gentlyat her sleeve, elacu-
lating; ."Mother mother, oh, mother, have
mercyl" When she finished his voice rose In
a despairing for clemency.
"For Gods sake, my mother" he begged,
"do not send me to prison, will pray for
you. oh, judge, not cell. Let me of.
will bless you. A chance-only another
chance. Mother, look at me. Ask the Judge
to let me 70. oh, Godl am not fe!on-
only weak, only weak. 1 will die II am
sent to prison. Mother. forgive mel"
She was crying so she could not speak,
and there was scarcely a dry eye in the court
room.
Magistrate Kudlich looked inquirlngly at
Mrs. Hodnot, but she shook her head.
"ltis his only chance TO be saved" she
uttered brokenly.
"You must furnish bonds In the sum OF
5000 for your good behavior or be sent to
jail for two months" said the magistrate to
the prisoner, and, with a despairlng cry,
Bodnot was led away to q cell.
His mother, almost fainting, was taken
out of court by friends.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-13
ENORMOUS FEATHER FANS.

The huge Spanish fan, favorite in
strument of the coquette of a quarter
of century ago, is to be at the height
of fashion during the coming winter.
The delicate, fragile affair of painted
gauze has almost entirely disappeared,
md the fashionable woman of to-day
adds to her charms by waving grace.
fully before her face n dusky, feathery
cloud of ostrich plumes, for the new
fan is always black. The fan to match
the gown is also passe. Too much
harmony, says fashion, is insipid
There must be an occasional contrast,
by way of variety. and so the gown of
white or red or blue is set OFF aud EN-.
phasized by q fan OF unrelieved black.
A charming fan that was noticed at
the opera the other evening was fully
two feet across, q dusky mass Of short,
softly curling ostrich tips that would
have sufficed to supply several winter
hats with their requisite decoration.
1t was obviously very costly affair,
and its expense must have been alarm
ly increased by the sticks, which we're
the most elaborate that have thus far
appeared in the Metropolitan. The
foundation was of gold, with a Won
derfully intricate pattern wrought in
gems. Jewels of almost every sort
were brought into play to give a most
rich and gorgeous eject. Opals lent
their bewildering lustre, sapphires
and rubies cleaned bright bit of color
and these were effectively mingled
with diamonds and pearls. New York
World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-13
Ready for business.

With a very active, energetic worhngman,
or man Of business, cane or crutch Is a
sign OF some inarmity. but he will have to
use one or both If sclatlca sets in aud dis
ables bis hip. Worse than all this, he may
be bed-rldden for long time. and still
worse, may be obliged TO resort to surgical
treatment Why all this should be endured
when the trouble can be easily cured must
be because he don't know that st. Jacobs
OIL, the great remedy for pain, is q special
cure for this very much dreaded malady. II
has proved itself the most soothing and
penetrating remedy for reaching the sciatic
nerve and effectually curing its agonies that
has perhaps ever been tried.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-13
SarsapaYiIla
Came Near Being Trouble.

The station was full Of people, di.
vided into two even numerical masses
going in opposite directions. One
mass was trying TO reach the outgoing
train, the other was trying to get
away from the incoming one. Pres.
emily meek faced little man, with
sandy, mutton chop whiskers and q
bundle, bumped into stalwart indi-
vidual with a pugnacious jaw. And
the stalwart individual grasped the
meek little man by the coat collar.
''See here" he said, thrusting for.
ward the pugnacious jaw. 'You look
in for troublef"
The meek looking man, with fash
OF Joy in his eyes, dropped his bundle,
and he in turn grasped the collar OF
the pugnacious individual.
"Trouble % he exclaimed. "Am
looking for trouble? Yes, I am look
ing for trouble. And I'm finding it.
I've lost my ticket I've lost my wife
and the baby. I've lost the dog and
I've lost my temper. And if you've
any more trouble for me, I'm simply
hungry for it tl"-Boston Budget.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-13
A GIant Cnscndo I'M Yeneneln.

The following letter has been re-
ceived from S. A. Thompson, of Du-
luth, at Santa Catalin, Venezuela (:
During the exploration Of the con-
cession OF the Orinoco Company,
headed by Donald Grant and other
Minnesota men, trail was cut TO the
lmataca Mountains, starting from this
point, village of $50 inhabitants.
The duties assigned to some members
of the party kept them upon or close
to the Orinoco until few weeks ago,
when two of us, Leslie Q. Dart, OF
Litchfeld, MINI, and myself, found
time to take an excursion to the noun.
tains.
Pushing on beyond the point
reached by the other party, we heard
from the top of a mountain a sound
which at first We thought to be thun.
der, but afterward decided that il
must come from a waterfall of con.
siderable magnitude. Working in the
general direction of the sound, we
came at noon on Thursday, October
10, to a large river, and discovered
what must rank as one Of the greatest
waterfalls in the world.
'The river bursts diagonally
through an almost perpendicular cliff,
which l estimate to be 1000 feet in
height, breaks into half dozen sepa.
rate streams, which divide and sub.
divide, spread out into broad, fan-like
expansions, and twists about in such q
curious corkscrew fashion that the
water at the bottom of the falls flows
exactly the opposite direction from
the course it holds where it first comes
into view.
''By clinging to bushes and going
up the giant CREEP ers. hand over hand,
we climbed up the cliff until the amer
old indicated an elevation of more
than five hundred feet, but il was inn
possible to reach the top and learn
how much higher the falls are. "
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-13
An Ant Fifteen Years Old.

Sir John Lubbock, the naturalist,
has been experimenting to find ont
how long the common amt would live
if kept out of harms way. On August
s. 1888, an ant which had been thus
kept and tenderly cared for died at
the age of fifteen years, which is the
greatest age any species of insect haf
yet been known to attain. Another
individual OF the same species of ant
lFormica iusca) lived TO the advanced
age of thirteen years, and the queen
of another kind (Lasius niger laid fer.
tile eggs after she had passed the age
of nine years.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-13
ALCOHOL CURES NOTHING.

Doctor r. n. Buckle, Medical Superlnten-
don't of the Asylum for the Insane, London,
Canada, in u report, said: "As we have
given up the use OF alcohol we have needed
and used less opium aud chloral, and as we
have discontinued the use of alcohol opium
and chloral, we have nee led and used less
seclusion aud restraint. l have, during the
year just closed, carefully watched the effect
OF the alcohol given and the progress OF
cases where in former years It would have
been given, and am morally certain that
the alcohol used during the last year did no
good
"Wlth humiliation am forced TO admit
that, until in the recent past, my noble pro-
fession has been to an alarming extent, and
is still too much so, guilty OF producing
many drunkards In the land directly and in
directly by the reckless and wholesale man.
ner in which so many OF its members have
prescribed alcoholic stimulants In their daily
practice for all the aches and pains. agues
and dances, coughs and colds, inflamma-
tions and consumptions, fevers ami chills,
at the hour OF rirtb, at the time of death,
and all Intermediate points of life, to induce
sleep and to promote wakefulness, and for
all the real and imaginary Ills that come un.
der tho eyes OF our Rsculapian descendants y
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-13
WINTER MILLINERY,

For elderly women the shapes are
more becoming than is usually the
case they are a little larger than the
cap style, and cover the entire top of
the head. They all have strings,
which are crossed at the back of the
head and tied under the chin, made of
narrow velvet ribbon. 1t is considered
quite permissible for women with gray
hair to wear purples, the greens, and
even reds; and some very pretty bon
nets have the crown of embroidered
velvet, with soft ruching of plain
velvet around the face to make them
more becoming.
The edict has gone forth that the
large hat shall no longer be worn in
the theatre, and woman who tries to
wear one is made to feel 20 uncom-
Portable that she very soon takes it of,
so that it is now a well-accepted fact
that large hats are only for street wear.
Worn with walking costumes, they are
very appropriate, and if becoming,
exceedingly so. A great many plumes
are used in trimming them. All black
hats of this description are very much
In favor, sometimes made entirely of
velvet; sometimes the crown of velvet
with brim either % plain or braided
silk, or even with a shirred brim OF
heavy satin; and while all black
feathers are considered very smart,
other different colors, and even white,
are very much used. All gray hats
are favorltes this season, and one of
shaded velvet made with a quite 10 "
crown is trimmed with two long
plumes, most gracefully arranged, one
falling over the brim almost down to
the shoulder. With the hair arranged
Pompadour, as is now the fashion,
these hats are put on slightly to orc
side, and sometimes have the brim
turned up very sharply at the left; but
many have only a small brim, which il
curved at both sides. - Harper's Bazaar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-13
Connecticut Supplies Russian Cans.

II is estimated that from $4,000 to
26, skunk skins, averaging about
two shillings apiece TO their oaptors,
we're sent to England from the State
of Connecticut alone in 1895. Tho
skins are nearly all sent abroad, the
prices being governed by three big
sales in London-ono in January, one
in March and one in June. AT last
January's sale there we're 100, 900
skins disposed Of OF these great
proportion are said to go for use as
caps in tho Russian and other Cont.
mental armies.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-01-13
TEMPERANCE.


THE TEMPERANCE pASEEB.
We'll lift the temperance banner high
And wave Il DER the land,
Till sober men and quiet homes
Abound on every hand;
Till men no more their iellow-mea
With alcohol inflame,
To wrong their nelghbor, curse thoir God
Aud blight thcir lives with shame.
Wen lift the temperance banner high
And summon to our aid
The loving mother, faithful sire,
The s,nlwart youth and maid,
Till mothers tears shall cease to flow
And fathers hearts to break,
TIL youth and maid hear wisdom's voioa-
"rhe mocking wine forsakeW
Wen lift the temperance banner high
In sight OF those who sink
Oppressed by fetters forged for them
BY the great archnend, Drink.
Wen bid them come and join our ranks,
AssOil their mighty foe,
TIL he no longer stalks abroad
Dispensing death aud woe.
Well lift the temperance banner hiRh
Who're gather In their might
The undismayed minority
To battle for the right.
We'll rally In the namo OF God
And light without fear
TIL hearts and homes aud native land
Are filled with temperance oheor.