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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-09-10

voryr yERNoN.-Mrs. Townsend,
Nv NY York. regent OF the Mount Yer:
Q. o.. a f,3ie, association, has cancelled
i 1op . nn with the Mount Vernon
'a5 ne Sy ysrsbA!l Hall Steamboat Company
~ saa ,5 -a' Exclusive right to land passen;
lo .., 'a .f Mount Vernon and has directed
s''' r ., At the wharf there to be closed
% tss 10 E' present. This being a private
III '.' ine association has the right to
, sgs This step, which became necessary
~, ~ account ,, OF the trouble in which the
~ ',samboat company has recently be-
ssas involved and which resulted in
,Ss steamers a. being libeIed and NOT max
NV rims according to the terms OF the
"o S Until new contract is en-
,s,sd into visitors to Mount Vernon can
onlr gain entrance to that place through
HI, the rates . at the terminus of the electric
railway.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-09-10
Mems and
Boys'SWeaters

The demand for these goods
is simply wonderful. We
have an excellent one we'll
made in all colors with the
Weaver collar at soc. Shaped
almost identically after those
worth S. to 81 each. Instead
of the demand decreasing it is
increasing.
c.. M. ADAM S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-09-10
PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 10, 1s9,

ARRIVED.
schr Lewis H Coward, Kennebec ice to
VIM N Reardon 81 Co
MEMORANDA.
schr John Hanson, for Kennebec and
Washington, cleared at Boston 9th instant.
Schr Ida c Southland, for Kennebec and
Washington, sailed from Boston 9th instant.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-09-10

The market for Flour is very firm and
prices were marked up 15c to 25c yesterday
in all northern markets. Wheat is firm and
cent higher. Corn is also firm. 1t is claim
cd cars cannot be had to haul it from the
West.
BALTIMORE. Nd, Sept. 10.-Flour dull
and unchanged. Wheat firmer spot 1O3aa
1885 month 1O3saa1O33s; Oct 1893. bid;
Dec 104a1O4A; steamer No 2 red 99a99A !;
southern wheat by sample 98s1O4A; do
on grade 1OOa1OOA. Corn quiet; spot and
month 36Aa361h Oct 365sa36Ts Nov or
Dec, new or old, 81 asked steamer mixed
34as bid southern white corn 37a38; do
yellow 39a39. Oats frmer; No 2 white
241b bid No mixed 2ga22lb. Rye firm !;
No 2 nearby 53aa54 No 2 Western o4a
san. hay steady; choice timothy $13 OOi
ID so. Sugar strong and unchanged.
NEW YORK, Sept. 10-Flour-sta and
Western firmly held. Rye Flour firm. Wheat
options No 2 red opened strong on foreign
buying. weakened under realizing but rallied
later on heavy clearauceG; May 10114 al 027s
Bye firm; No 2 Western 541a. Corn-op
tons No z opened firm on crop news but
sold off with wheat. Oats-options No 2 dull
but steady track white 25s32. Beef firm.
Pork. quiet. Lard easier; prime Western
steam $5 10.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-09-10
WANTED.
WANTED.

ONE OR TWO GENTLEMEN to occupy
l. no nicely furnished bed room with board if
desired. Apply at 112 south Patrick street
a csn;t ";t,l sep1O st
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-09-10

@nRE APPLE YINGAR tol picking at
Eso- - J.C MuBURNS.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25

MILWAUKEE,, Nov. IL Henry Sherry,
the largest timber and lumber operator
In the state of Wisconsin, Is bankrupt
and his possessions were turned over to
an assignee IN the person OF James w.
Cameron of this city, who this morning
accepted the trust and Will file bond
for the faithful performance of the duties
In the sum of 100000 with the National
Surety company of New York as bonds
men.
1t will be days, perhaps even weeks,
before the total amount of MIR. Sherry's
liabilities will probably be named, but
persons we'll aware OF his interests say
that 81 100000 is but a very small estl-
mate OF the amount of his debts. Mr..
Cameron's bond is but for 100000. which
would indicate that the nominal assets
are not more than that amount. This
may not include, however, assets which
are now held in trust by virtue of mort
cages or deeds to secure creditors, so
that a comparison OF liabilities at 81 900,
600 and of assets at 100000 would prob.
ably be an Unfair one.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25
FORTUNES FROM GARBAGE.
Science Converts the Refuse of Cite
Iufo Steam. Eertilixera. Soan. Etc

Science Converts the Refuse of Cities
Into Steam, Fertilizers, Sonp, Etc.
William George Jordan, writing on
"Wonders of the Worlds Waste" in the
Ladies' Home Journal, says: 'sThe
garbage of great city is worth for
tune every year, if properly utilized. II.
St. Louis, NO., the refuse is placed in
enormous vertical cylinders, surround
ed by steam jackets, which evaporate
the rs to so per cent. of water in the
garbage. The fatty substances are dis
solved, and as the result of number of
processes fertilizer is produced which
is worth from nine dollars to twelve
dollars per ton, the demand exceeding
the supply. One of the purest and best
soaps of the country was made of
garbage grease before cotton-seed oil
entered the field. Ii is now proposed to
light London by electricity for nothing
1t now costs that city S1.0s (4s. 3d. to
get rid of ton of garbage. A combina-
ton Of boilers and other apparatus has
been devised that can burn the garbage
at "a cents( one shilling) per ton, and
generate steam sufficient to run enough
dynamos to light the entire city. Lon
don can thus save IS. Sd. on each ton,
and, in addition. illuminate its city
without cost. Garbage, by machine
called the dust INSTRUCTOR is converted
into clinkers, which can be used for
roadways. as artificial stone for side
walks, and as sand for mortar and
cement. In Paris the invisible particles
of iron from, xx-1a Il. 81,
shoes of horses, are rescued By passing
powerful magnets through the sweep
ings."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25
SHE WAS PLEASED.
Knew He Would Love Her When 81
Grew Old.

Knew He Would Love Her When She
Grew Old.
The young man has only recently
taken up photography and is an ardent
enthusiast, says the Detroit Free Press
He persuaded the girl to whom he is
engaged to pose for him. She was
seated in a hammock and he stood di-
rectly before her when he took the
picture. In day or two he proudly
exhibited the result of the sitting She
gave one glance at it and then handed
it back
Don't you like it?" he inquired
Il don't assume to criticise," was the
reply.
Il thought it was pretty good for a
first attempt" he insisted.
Perhaps it is. l am glad you are
satisfied with it, anyhow"
''Of course it might be better
''Do you think it looks like me?"
Eyes"
Then, Herbert, am content"
''But E. u don't seem very cheerful
over i, :"
Perhaps / don't show it; but that
photograph has made me very happy"
"I'll have a frame made for it and
give it to you"
mo; / don't want to keep it. But il
fills me with joy, nevertheless. They
say that when beauty fades affection
vanishes, but when l realize that you
can see me depicted with hands and
feet like those, without breaking our
can't be any doubt about your loving
me when I am old"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25

The late Hon. James G.. Blaine Is said
to have related the following story to a
coterle of friends while crossing from
America to Europe:
"a few years ago | attended perform
ance of Faust at Dublin theatre. In
the third act, Faust, the lost, is dragged
down into the Internal regions in glare
OF fire. On this occasion the actor i'm
personating Faust was an abnormally
large man, and the trap door of the stage
an unusually small one At the proper
time the door separated and a volume of
blue and red flame burst forth. Faust
was seen dragged by hidden power,
struggling through the opening. His legs
went first and he proceeded as far as his
waist. Here he stuck. Those underneath
tried to pull HIM through, while he en-
deavored to get out. He could move
neither way, his portly body completely
filling the aperture There was an en-
barrassing pause. The audience was as
silent as tbs tomb. Then an old Irish
man back in the gallery arose, and with
his eyes fixed on the ecere, raised his
hand and ferVently exclaimed: 81 thank
God; hell's full!'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25
MUSICAL MEXICO.



tary Bands.
One does not have to travel far or
stay long in Mexico to discover that it
is quite as much a musical country as
any other in the world, says Lippin-
colts. Even the stay-at-home Ameri-
cans dozen or SO years ago fancied
that they had made this discovery,
when Mexican military bands and typi-
cal orchestras began to tour" the
United States, astonishing as well as
delighting the crowds they attracted
everywhere. But the truth is, the
American stay-at-hornes, with all their
admiration for the music the Mexicans
brought to them, gained scarcely any
idea of how far the Mexicans were 10 be
classed as musical people. They sup
posed, very naturally, that the famous
til regiment band aud the typical or
chestra comprised all, or about ali, that
Mexico had to send abroad; that they
fully represented the music of their
country; and that they were probably
considered prodigies in the land whence
they came. Such impressions are
quickly dispelled in Mexico.
The semi-weekly concerts in the To-
calo, the Alameda and the Paseo. in the
capital, do rot suffer in the least when
the Mexican war department grants
one of the IN lirary bands, even the
best of them, Leave of absence for a
tour in the Uni, ed States And as for
the other cities of the republic, even
such comparatively isolated towns as
Jalapa, Puebs., Oaxaca, Toluca, Chi
huahua, Morelia and Guadalajara, each
has at least one military band that
would be likely to carry off the honors
in any competition with the military
bands of America.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25
DO CLOCKS GET TiRED2
There Are Times When They Do Need
Rest. Mr.. Billions Thinks

Rest, MIR. BiiItOps Thinks.
do clocks get tired?' said Mr.. Bill
tops, according to the New York Sun.
Il imagine they do. l love to hear 4
clock tick; l suppose everybody does.
We had little clock that used to keep
in my own room. 1t stopped one day
and | shook it UP little and it started
on, but it soon stopped again, and after
that it kept stopping, and sometimes it
would take me ten minutes to shake it
up so that it would go on and keep 60
ing. ] suppose l spent on that clock as
much time as would have paid for half
a dozen clocks like it; and finally il
stopped altogether and l gave it up and
the little clock lay idle for months.
supposed that sooner or later we
should throw it away, and thought
the only reason that we didn't was be-
cause we hate TO throw anything
away.
"But one day one of the children got
hold of the clock and took the back off
it to see what was the matter with it.
You know what happens when children
begin fooling with a clock I never
expected to hear the clock tick again.
but I'm blessed if the shaver didn't
make it go. What he did to it I don't
know; nothing, guess, except 70 oil it,
and | suppose that was all it needed, or
else it had simply tired and had wanted
rest. But it's going again now, and
ticking away like good one
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25
FLY A SPIDERS UNDERTAKEN
Digs Grave for His Dead Foe and
Carefully Buries Him.

Samuel Simon, ST., a well-known resi-
dent of Neshannock township, while
strolling near his home one day recent
ly noticed d fly about half an inch long
and of a dark blue color, with a slim
body, bearing large dead spider. The
fly crossed his path and laid his load
down. 1t then went about Is inches
in another direction and commenced
digging a hole in the ground, reports
the Newcastle pa Democrat.
After the fly had the hole dug about
half the length of himself he went to
where he had left the spider and took
his dimensions. After going back to
the hole he found it was not big enough
and commenced digging again.
He did this eight times, and as often
enlarged the hole. After he had the ex-
eavation large enough for his purpose
he went for the spider and took it TO the
mouth of the hole After he had the
body in he covered it with fine earth
first and finished ny placing small
piece of cinder on top. When he had
finished the work he flew away. The
whole time consumed was exactly So
minutes, as Mr.. Simon says he sat ard
watched the whole performance.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25
SINGING AMONG THE GREEKS.
The Ancient Greeks Sang BIitheIy

The Ancient Greeks Sang DIitheIy
and We're Carefully Instructed.
Our present system of public instruc-
ton is not so modern as some would
have us believe. Sparta had her state
uperintendent, who, if distant report
is to be trusted, was an educational
despot But, while he welded his walk
ing stick freely during official visits,
and encouraged his subordinates to PLY
the rod on all occasions. he was as
diligent a promoter of music as is any
humane and progressive educator of
our era. AS result, the little Lace.
daemonians sang blithely, no matter
what torment was going on under
their tunics. And all over Greece, in
those dim days, were schools, ranging
from infant grades instructed under
Arcadian hedges to the university-ex-
tension schemes farbored in buildings
uniquely termed places of leisure"
The infants were drilled in their alpha
beta-gammas: the older boys were
taughs poetry and gymnastics, with
something OF arithmetic, geometry and
drawing; and adults spent their leisure
with rhetoriticians and sophists. pay
ing handsomely for the privilege. But
music was a sine qua non of Grecian
life, in school and in sport, in battle
and in burial. The epic and elegiac
chantings at festivals, the calm specula-
tons of Pythagoras as to the music
of the spheres, the chora: outburst of
''the great fifth century" the material
odes of Tyrtaeus and Pindar, all show
the national love for melody of voice
as well as for high and harmonious
thought. An old-time Greek set down
amid the strident, metallic voices of
our occidental world would feel that
the Furies had seized either upon him
or the continent he was visiting.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25
THE SURPRISE OF ALL,

Mr.. James Jones, of the drug firm of
Jones Il Son, Cowden, Ill, in speaking of
DR.. Kings New Discovery, says that last
winter his wife was attacked with La
Grippe, and her case grew so serious that
physicians at CoHden and Pana could do
nothing for her. Having Dr. Kings New
Discovery IN store, and selling lots of it,
be took bottle home, and to the sur
prise of all she began to get better from
the first dose, and half a dozen dollar
bottles cured her sound and we'll. DR..
Kings New Discovery for CONSUMPTION,
Coughs and Colds is guaranteed to do
this good work. Try 1t. Free trial bot
ties at Henry Hinrichs' Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25
RARE PIG DEER.



is Plentiful Enough.
Among the more recent and important
arrivals at the Zoo are two young bab-
irussas, presented by the duke of Bed
ford-comparatively rare animals, and
The only examples seen at the Zoo for
about IS years, says the London Graphic.
The word babirussa means pig-deer,
and the animal has been so called by
the Malays on account of the remark
able development of the tusks in the
males, which emerge close together
Iiear the middle of the face and sweep
with a strong curve backwards, fire.
qUently attaining to a very great length.
The tusks of the lower jaw arise like
those of the boar. What the male babi-
russo needs the upper pair for is point
which nobody, apparently, can satisfae-
torily settle. Another popularity of
the animal is that it falls short of the
number of teeth usually possessed by
the ordinary pig; having only "a in all,
fact which indicates that it must be
directly descended from one of the ex-
tinct genera of pigs marked by a sim
liar type of dentition. In other respects
the babirusSa is not very different from
other wild swine. 1t is splendid swim
-ner, has d somewhat lighter gallon
than that of the wild boar, and when
hunted will fight gamely and ferocious-
" to the last.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25
JACK RABBITS DOOM.
To Be Rounded Up for Their Fur
Used In Making Fine Hats.


The days of the Kansas jack rabbit
are numbered, says the ST. Louis Re
public. New York parties have adver-
tisements in many western Kansas
newspapers offering three cents each
for cured jack ribbit skins, culls and
pieces three cents pound and common
cottontail skins 5% cents per pound.
The New York parties want the fur
with which to make hats, and, as they
represent European hat makers, it is
stated that the traffic in rabbit furs has
been transferred from Australia to the
United States.
Skilled rabbit hunters in western
Kansas can make good wages killing
jack rabbits, and in the vicinity of
Dodge City sportsmen are preparing for
several grand roundups. Frequently
the people of western Kansas have sur
rounded a large section of country.
driven the rabbits to the center and
slaughtered them by the thousand. The
only disposition made of the pests was
to ship them to Chicago and New York
for food for the poor. They did not
realize that rabbit hair entered largely
into the manufacture of the finest hats.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25
Differing Design lions.

MIR. L. l.. Selater writes to the Journa II
of Science, asking it to avoid the word
Scientist which is, in his opinion, a
hybrid term. The pui3 IS have always
objected to this word, formed, like
artist with ''t' interpolated Mr..
Selater proposes "scient," which is on
the analogy of "savant." The pedantic
sound of this word led an English editor
to recall story about Prof. Henry
Sidgwick. Some visitors to Cambridge
remarked that there were many dis
tinguished and learned men in Eng
land, but none who corresponded in
breath of culture to the savant abroad
"Oh, yes, we have them," said Prof.
Sidgwick, and then breaking. into his
most effective stutter, added, sharply:
But we call them p-p-p-p-prigs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25

Henry George was travelling on a
sleeping car The porter came to brush
the dust off him and work" him for the
customary quarter. There were but few
passengers. George reflected on the
fact that Pullman paid his poor black
hirelings little or uaught, and relied on
their ability to brush and gouge the pub
lie instead and determined TO give him
the change he found in his pocket. He
thought there might be about 60 cents
but there was actually S3 in quartere,
halves and dimes. He gave it all to the
darkey, who dropped his broom and sssr-
ed at the tip and then at George This
all TO me, boss?" he gasped. "It's all
for YOU" replied George. The darkey
looked ut the little, rusty, modest mar
and again at his handful of silver. "Wow I
he eiaculated Its true AS the good boon
puts it, you nevah can tell how fab
toad Elm jump twell you sees HIM hop
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25
FREE PILLS.

Send your address to I'll. E Bucklin e.
Co., Chicago, and get free saClple box
of DR.. King New Life Pills. A trial will
convince you of their merits. These pills
are easy IN action ard are particularly ef-
fective inthe cure OF constipation and sick
headache. For Malaria and Liver troubles
they have proved invaluable. They are
guaranteed to be perfectly free from eve
ry deleterlous substan nee and to be pure
ly vegetable, They do not weaken by
their action, but by giving tone to sto
mach and bowels greatly 1nvigorate the
system. Regular size 25c. per box. Sold
by Henry HinrIchs, Druggist.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25
HOTELS IN CHINA.
Stew Made of n Black Cat Ia Rather
Expensive.

Expensive.
The hotels are usually grouped with
N a square or two of one another.
Each one seeks to attract guests by
high-sounding titles, says Lippincott's.
For example, in Canton are hotels
which f1aunt the signs of THE For
tunate STAR" 1.-The Golden Profits" Tan
unusually frank confession for land
lord to make), THE Rank-Conferring"
and THE Happiness" The food is not
so bad, but the traveller who goes to
one of these houses to sleep will wish
that he had gone to another. The bed
rooms are small. thin-walled boxes in
which you may hear the breathing of
your next neighbCr or be kept awake
half the night by the conversation of
people ut the other end of the hall, or,
worse still, be almost stifed by the
smoke from an opium pipe which is be-
ing INDUCED in by the man across the
passageway.
The tea saloons furnish employment
to singers and ventriloquists or elocti-
tionists, who are hired by the proprie-
tor to entertain the men who gather
there 20 drink tea and gossip. Upon
small tables are placed trays holding a
variety of cakes and preserves, which
are served with each cup of delicious,
freshly made tea.
One house ot entertainment peculiar
to China is the dog-and-cat-meat res
taurant. This does not mean that
household pets are There brought To he
fed, but that Taboy and Fido are served
up in stews. According to prices
charged for othe" food, these stews are
rather expensive-especially if the cat
pr dog chanoed &c oe black and there
tore more nutritious, according to pop
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25
RELIEFIN SIX HUsRS.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder o1s-
eases relieved in six hours by the 'sNey
Great South American Kidney Cure"
This new remdy is a great surprise OH
account OF its exceeding promptness IN
relieving pam in the bladder, kIdne, g,
back and every part of the urinary pss-
sages IN male or female. IL relieves :
pen,ion of water and pain In passing 1t
almost immediately. II you want Quick
relief and cnre this is your only remedy.
Sold ~ =. G. Buerstatte. Druggist, Mani
towoe. Wis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25
Reversing the Ordee.

Naming horses for public characters
is common enough, but giving to a
child the name of a Derby winner IS
unique reversal of the ordinary meth
DDS IN such cases, says the Boston Her
aid. But this deceased SPECTATOR and
accredited Millionaire called his loabv
boy Ladas Primrose, in honor of Lord
hosebery's famous horse and the for
mer prime minister of England. His
little daughter also bears the name
OF Primrose, Joined to that of Leah.
thus making Hebraic combination as
nattering to the parent as to the in
fant's n2mesake.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25

j. c. Berry. one of the best known
citizens CT Spencer, Mo-, testifies that
he cured himself of the worst kind of
piles by using few boxes of De
Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. He had
been troubled with piles for over thir-
ty years and had used many different
kinds of so called cures; but DeWitt's
was the one that did the work and he
will verify this statement If any one
wishes to write to him. Henry Hin
richs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25

DISTINGUISHED Finnish Women

Biographies of more than GOO women
who have been or are distinguished in
public life in Finland may be read in
the Handbook des Finmandischen
Frauennereins," recently published
In 1884 Frauennerein was founded for
the improvement of the condition Of
women, and in 1921 a second associa-
ton, called the "Union," to which men
were eligible, was founded Tor the same
purpose
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-11-25

New YORK, Nof. 1S.-Abont 100 mill
tary meE witnessed to day the first exhi-
bition in this city of Foote'S bullet proof
armcr, which was gwen successful trial
IN Brooklynn few days ago, and which
the inventor hopes will work revolution
IN the methode of modern warfare. The
trial to day was success. Mr.. Foote
expects shortly to exhibit the material at
Washingt n, where he will request the
naval authorities 10 prove its non mag
netlc as well as its bullet resisting pow