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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-11-09

TIE MOTHER OF sEyENTEEN.-Con.
CALCULATIONS are being showered on
Charles II. Reed, at Shamokin, Pa, a
conductor on the Northern Central
Railroad, upon the advent of another
branch to gladden. his home and break
the monotony of protracted slumber.
Mrs. Reed yesterday presented him with
their seventeenth child. Parent and
offspring are doing well.
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REMARKABLE RING STORY.
To the Editor of the Baltimore Sun


Several day ago read in the Sun an
account of the recovery of a ring which
its owner, Mr.. T. M. Williams, of Chi
cago, had lost while serving in the
union army in Virginia more than
thirty years ago. The story recalls to
my mind perhaps the most remarkable
example of the kind on record.
Several years ago my brother, Thos.
D. Addison, Of Fairfax, Va, noticed q
bright object glittering in the hoof of
one of his cows, aud supposing it to be
a piece of glass that had become wedg.
ed into the hoof, and that it might in
jure the cows foot, he proceeded to ex-
tract the object with his pocket knife.
After digging away at it for some time,
to the great surprise of my brother he
took out a beautiful and heavy gold
ring of peculiar design and workman
ship, and set with very valuable
stone. Upon being cleaned both the
ring and the setting were found to be
in perfect condition. Inside the ring
was engraved motto in Spanish, to-
gether with the name Lieutenant
Hunt, y. S. Army, city of Mexico,
1S4S."
Wishing to restore the ring to its
original owner if possible, my brother
reported the case to the war Office at
Washington, where he was informed
that Lieuteusnt Hunt, who served in
the U. S. trmy during the Mexican
war, afterward became Brigadier Gen.
eral Hunt OF the civil war, and at one
time was camped with his brigade at
Fairfax station. 1t was also learned at
theWar Department that Gen. Hunt had
recently died, but that his widow was
still alive and residing in Washington.
The address of Mrs. Hunt WIS pro-
cured, and she was written to about the
long.lost relic. In her reply she gave
complete description of the ring, to-
gether with its history, and it was
thereupon returned to her.
Her husband, then Lieutenant Hunt,
was with General Scott's army when it
entered the City OF Mexico, in 1S4S
Before leaving there Lieutenant Hunt
and two of his comrades each had n
ring made to order, each being alike,
and each bearing the same motto, which
they wished to preserve as souvenirs of
the Mexican war.
During the civil war, some fifteen or six
teen years later, Lieutenant Hunt, then a
brigadier general United States army, as
above stated, was campod on the farm near
Fairfax station, Va, now owned by my
brother. The General was writing at table
in his tent on one occasion, and being called
out unintentionally left his ring lying on the
table where he had placed it. Upon his re.
turn the ring had disappeared, and all efforts
to recover it or to obtain any clue to its
whereabouts were fruitless The General,
with deep regret, came to the conclusion that
his valuable aed highly priced souvenir of the
Mexican war had been stolen, but, as the
sequel shows, it in all probability had not
been stolen at all. but had fallen from the
table, and upon being stepped upon was
pressed into the soft earth and completely
hidden from sight, where it lay until picked
up by the hoof oe-a COW, quarter of a centu-
~ later while she was grazing over the very
spot where it was lost.
CHARLES G. ADDISON.
Springfield, Prince Georges county, Md,
November 5, 1897.
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The conference between represents.
tives of Great Britain, Canada and the
United States about to convene in
Washington is expected to arrange for
the settlement of all matters in dispute
between this country and the Dominion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-11-09
A CARD.

To the Editor of the AlerandriG Gazette:
We desire to correct statement made in
the Gazette of yesterday. The Alexandria
Gymnasium was not open on Sunday. Be.
cause miscresnts managed. in an undeIhand
way, 10 gain entrance thereto and use the ap.
paratus to the dissertation of the Sabbath, 'it
does lot follow that the gymnasium was open
Respectfully,
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IT Is announced that Mr.. Bonaparte,
a prominent mugwump Of Baltimore,
is an aspirant for the seat in the U. 5.
Senate now occupied by MIR. German.
Though the mugwumps, during the
Presidential campaign OF last year, de-
clared that they were not Office seekers
and would not accept Office if offered to
them, hardly had Mr.. Mckinley been
elected before he was pelted from all
parts of the country with their applica-
lions for lucrative positions. Ofcourse
no attention was paid to them, as was
right and proper, and most of the ap-
plicants are now denouncing him, as is
natural. Mr.. Bonaparte, however, is
the only one who, as far as heard OF,
has had enough barefaced effrontery to
offer himself as g candidate for an
elective office. But the self esteem OF
mugwumps is only equalled by their
ridiculous absurdity. AS they ale
neither flesh nor fowl, nor good red
herring, no common sense man would
ever think of voting for one of them, for
any mundane Office.
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Sold by DluggIsls, IoC-
Halls Family Pills are tne best.

W. B. johnson, Newark. O., says, "One Min
ute Cough Cure saved my only child from dy.
ing by Group" 1t has saved thousand, of
Others suffering from cr,up. pneumonia
bronchitis and other serious throat and lung
troubles. Charles g. Lennon.
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JIM. Thirswend. of Grosteck, Tex, says
that when he has a spell of indigestion, and
fee bad and sluggish, he takes two of Dc.
Wits Little Early Risers &C night, and he is
all right the next morning. Many thousands
of others do the same. DO you? Charles g.
Lennon,
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AS THERE is no choice among rotten
apples, the democrats of Ohio should
have nothing to do with the election OF
q reuublican Senator in that State.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

A dispatch from Cleveland, o., says
the chances of recovery of Major But
terworth are now poor.
Mount Vesuvius is pouring out lava,
which is flowing in streams in the di.
rection of Vitrova and Piano del Ines.
Gro.
Snow fell in Kingston, N. Y, yester-
day for the first time this season. There
were several heavy snow squalls in the
Catskills.
The Philadelphia Common Council
last night voted to accept the offer of
the United Gas Improvement Company
for leasing the city gas works.
United States Judge Jackson, in Mar.
tinsburg, w. Va, yesterday decided
that gauger5 and storekeepers are en-,
titled to the protection OF the civil
service law.
The little band of missionaries con-
nected with the Bowery Mission, New
York, who are to cross the continent
aioot, and go to the Klondike from
San Francisco, started on their journey
yesterday afternoon.
The cashier of the Ohio National
Bank, OF Washington, Mr.. William o..
car Roome, announces that the bank
is about to go into voluntary liquida.
ton, and that it will Immediately there
after resume business as o savings
bank.
The annual convention of the United
Daughters OF the Confederacy will be-
gin in Baltimore tomorrow and will
probably be in session three days. The
session will be held at Lehmann's
Hall, and will be presided over by the
president, Mrs. Fltzbugh Lee, of Vir-
GINA.
Henry Smith, a young man who lived
Of Garrettsville, o, was assaulted yes
terday by gang of tramps on freight
train, robbed of small sum of money
aud then thrown from the train, which
passed over his legs, emitting off both of
them. Smith lived but a short time
after being hurt.
at the solicitation Of Sonora Emilia
Quesada, Captain General Blanco freed
her son, Julio Ortega Quesada, neph.
CIV of Senior Gonzalo Queseda, of the
Cuban Junta at New York, who was
under sentence of death. The young
mans father, Senior Arteaga Quesada,
is dead. Julio is 81 years of age.
The Methodist ministers in Balti-
more yesterday decided to defer the
agitation of the question of elective ell
dership and equal lay representation in
the general conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. Verses full of
sarcasm, written on the subject of the
agitation, by Bishop McCsbe, were read
Of the meeting of the ministers.
In Havana yesterday Gen. Blanco
signed proclamation granting pardon
to all persons sentenced in Cuba for re-
bellion against Spain, provided that
their sentences were based upon po-
litical grounds only. Those who have
been sentenced as common criminals
and under the military law will be par.
doned only if the captain general deems
it expedient after investigation.
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lar republican ticket in the State, and that

ler republican ticket in the State, and that
the members thereof can take either horn of
the dilemma.
Among the visitors here today is exon.
gresham Bowen of Virginia. He is an ap.
plicant for the marshalship of the western
district of his State, and is endorsed for it by
both the republican Congressman from his
State, but the executive committee of the Ag.
sw wing of his party la, endorsed ono of its
own members Mt. Brown Allen, for the place,
and even Mr. Bowen now thinks their en-
dofsement will be effective.
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You can't cure consumption but yon caH
avoid it and cure every other form OF th'os.
or lung trouble by the ese OF One AinG"
Cough Cure. Charles @. Lennon.
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Gone to the Happy Hunting Grounds.

ToAlAH, Wis, Nov. 9.-Ah.Oo-C hoo.
Kah (Artichoke), the Oldest member of
his tribe, is dead. 'Artichoke" was a
Winnebago Indian and has been a
medicine man of the tribe for mary
years. His age is given from at los to
125 years. He was brother of Chief
Dandy, who was power and ruler
over the tribe fifty years ago.
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When you are suffering from Catarrh OF
Cod in the head you want relief right away.
only 10 cents is required to test it. ASK
your druggist for the trial size of Ely's Cream
Balm, or buy the soc. size. We mail IT..
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SH Warran Gfraat n
ELY BROTHEBs

90 Warren Street, New f0fK OIV!'
I was afflicted with catarrh last autumn.
During the month Of October could neither
taste nor smell and could hear but lit'!e'
Ey's Cream Balm cured it.-Marcus George
Shsutz, Railway, N J.
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EINE TOILET sOAPs-A line OF nico
T. Toilet Soaps just received and ioT Ss,e O.
moderate prices BY j.. c, M!L6phH'
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TUESDAY EVENING. NOV. 9. 1897.
The PLATFORM ofthe democratic par

The PLATFORM ofthe democratic par
fv adopted at Chicago contained the
following words: I'VE denounce dr0l-
tyaru interference by federal authority
in local affairs as violation of the
Constitution of the United States and
a crime against free institutions" That
declaration was the chief reason as
signed by the mugwumps and boitefs
for calling the men who endorsed ira
platform, anarchists" OF course II
was no reason at ell, and was secuted
nv every man familiar with the Consti-
tuition, and exhibited entire ignorance o.
that instrument by those who offered
it; but if anybody still has any doubts
upon the subject, the perusal of little
pamphlet, Just written by Mr.. Heber
Nav. one of the leading members OF
the Washington bar, entitled: What 10
the Authority OF the United States, or
Of the President, to use the military
power of the federal government under
the Constitution? each and all OF them
will bs entirely and efectually removed
in less than half all hour; and that too
though the members OF the o. 8. Sen
ate, democrats as we'll as republicans,
did adopt resolution thanking ex
President Cleveland for arbitrarily 10
terfer;ng with local affairs, aud against
the protest OF local authorities. Recent
proceedings 10 this country prove that
there should be o stronger government,
but the safety of all depends upon the
strict construction of the Constitution,
and until that instrument be amended,
according to the prescribed form, its
provisions should be rigidly observed.
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people,.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-11-09

TIE BOARD OF GOVERNORS.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-07-24

the rational way to proceed if we desire
such action by the National Legislature
az will put her irrigation interests, is to
insist upon our representatives at Wash
ington waiting upon the action of the
National Irrigation Congress, which Is
composed of those who are best qualified
to say what is wanted by all the states,
and then require of them that they urge
through the National Legislation such
measures to are recommended by the
Irrigation Congress.
1t occurs to me that this suggestion
should commend itself to our Senators
and Representatives in Congress- and
there should be men is this assemblage,
who having the interest of their State
and country at heart should willingly
use their influence with that OF members
OF our National Irrigation Congress
toward the accomplishment of this
result.
To me this appears to be the surest
road to the end we wish to attain.
l.. II. TAYLOR.
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The New Tariff Law

Which has just been signed by the Pres
ident, may be appropriately considered
an Industrial Declaration of Indepen-
dence. An official text OF the law has
just been published by the American
Protective Tariff League, and should be
carefully examined by every citizen.
Protectionists ought to have few cop
les of this law for distribution. Five
copies will be sent to any address for
ten cents. Ask for Document No. 80
and address w. F. Wakeman, General
Secretary, 1876 West 23d street, New
York.
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To Miners.

1t is an established fact that we buy,
sell and carry a larger stock OF hardware
than any firm in the State of Nevada,
consequently we can sell to miners and
others. all kinds of tools, implements,
steel, powder and everything in our line
immaginable at prices that defies COM
petition. We guarantee that our deal
ings with you will be most satisfactory
and can accommodate you on
short notice. No harm in trying us.
We are here for business and want to
get your trade and deal so we can hold
it. Yours truly,
NEVADA HARDWARE Co.
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A Place For George.

One day we were at luncheon, al
though it was 6:15 p. m. when lady
was announced and ushered in at once.
She was apparently an old friend of the
family, and she opened fire without los
ing moment. Il am so glad, M. Rail-,
that you are prime minister of Greece,
and my George, won't he be delighted
too! You remember him, don't you? He
is at the front, you know, working won
ders Now, | want you to do him a lit
tie service You can do it with stroke
of the pen, you know, and we shall all
be so grateful.
Here the minister looked at the lady
from above the rim of his spectacles,
and with a humorous twinkle i'll his
eyes, asked her what the service was
She copiously explained it And do
you know what the law says ON the sub
ject?" he inquired when she paused to
draw breath. "Oh, of course l do, but
then you know that the law has often
been disregarded, and besides, YOU
81 am very sorry to have to refuse
you anything, exclaimed the minister,
laughingly interrupting, but you might
just as we'll ask for the moon. 1t is alb
Solutely impossible. If the law were
the embodiment of injustice, it must be
administered till it is changed by par
lament. but won't you listen to
reason and argument?" "No, madam,
it is useless. am very sorry, but the
law must take its course" The lady
rose in dudgeon and left in haste, and
her Georges anticipated delight lost
its raison d'etre. She is not likely to
interrupt his luncheon again in the
hope of inducing him to suspend the
law for her son.-Contemporary Re
ViaIv
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harmony. My Christian friends, if we
have no taste for this service on earth
what will we do in heaven, where they
all sing and sing forever? l would that
our singing today might be like the Sat
urday night rehearsal for the Sabbath
morning in the skies, and we might be-
gin now, by the strength and by the
help of God, to discharge a duty which
none of us has fully performed. And
now what more appropriate thing can l
do than to give out the doxology of the
heavens, "Unto him who hath loved us
md washed us from our sins in his own
blood, to him be glory forever!"
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Singing Among the Greeks.

Our present system of public instruc-
ton is not so modern as some would
have us believe. Sparta had her state
superintendent, 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 dill
gent promoter of music as is any hui
name and progressive educator of our
era. AS a result the little Lacedamo-
mans sang blithely, no matter what tor
ment was going on under their TUNES.
And all over Greece, in those dim days,
were schools ranging from infant
grades instructed under Arcadian hedges
to university extension schemes harbor-
ed i'll buildings uniquely termed ''places
of leisure" The infants were drilled il
their alpha beta gammas, the older
boys were taught poetry and gymnas-
tics, with something of arithmetic,
geometry and drawing, and adults spent
their leisure with rhetoricians and soph-
lists, paying handsomely for the priv
ilege. But music was a sine qua non Of
Grecian life, in school and in sport, in
battle and in burial The epic and ele-
giac chantings at festivals, the calm
speculations of Pythagoras as to the
music of the spheres, the choral out
burst of 1.-THE great fifth century," the
martial odes of TyrtRus and Pindar,
all show the national love for melody
of voice as well as for high and harmo-
NOUS 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. Ger
trude E. Wall in Lippincott's.
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Effect of the Cars Visit on France.

l met the other day on the Boulevard
DIES Italiens two friends, one Of whom
is monarchist, the other republican
Both were in high spirits. "Mon cher, :"
exclaimed the first monarchy is an
accomplished fact Who will now dare
to tell us that the country wants a re-
public? Consider the enthusiasm excited
by the emperor of Russia's visit AT
sight of Nicholas II the monarchical
sentiment was reawakened in the breast
of the Frenchmen. | repeat, monarchy
is an accomplished fact - Thereupon
the second, holding me by the button
of my coat: mon cher, the republic
has, from now on, nothing more to. fear.
1t is indestructible. The homage Of the
most powerful sovereign in Europe has
demonstrated its strength. Who will
dare to tell us that the republic has no
prestige?"
My friends were right, both of them,
and also wrong The czar's visit has
done no good to the monarchical cause,
but it is not certain, either, that it will
do good to the republic. A republican
regime is a regime of labor not of fes-
tivities; of reason and forethOught, not
of enthusiasm and vivid impressions. 1t
must look to itself for stability and i'll
this stability it must find its strength.
The capital of a republic cannot be-
come the favorite resort of kings and
emperors without an influence being eX-
erted on public manners and habits by
the fact, A people which has main
tanned the republican form of govern
ment perseveringly through innumer,
able dangers and difficulties does not
certainly revert to the principle Of he
redity but it is always confronted by
this temptation-to abdicate the liber-
ties of which it is every citizens duty
to avail himself into the hands of
chiefs. Pierre de Coubertin in Century
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)r. TAFT Bros. MediCineCO Rochester, n
Kidney Trouble Cured.
An Ohio Chemist Discovers n Remedy that
Promises to End Terror of Bright's
Disease.

Since DR.. Richard Bright first described
! Bright'S disease in 1927, the medical world
| has given more and more attention to the
study of the kidneys as source of disease
and have demonstrat ed beyond doubt that
! they are the direct cause of many of the
! ills of mankind.
Nineteenth century methods of living
arewell calculated to change the functions
of these delicate organs and few men to-
day can be absolutely certain that their
kidneys are in perfectly normal cOndi-
ton a tinge of pain i'll the back is class
ed under the broad title of "cOld," while
the dull ache that creeps through the
bones is blamed on the weather or allow
ed to pass unheeded. This in reality, is
natures way of sounding the first warn
ing that something is going wrong with
the internal mechanism and wise indeed
is the man who needs 1t.
Physicians have long been i'll dispute as
to the best means of treating disease of
the kidneys. The best theories being so
often upset by dire failure that it seemed
almost as though an infallible remedy
would never be discovered.
Among the most earnest workers in this
field has been John Morrow, and eminent
chemist of Springfield, Ohio, whose eXpe-
rience of nineteen years gave him ample
opportunity for studying kidney trouble
in all its phases. The result of his research
is new combination of remedies which
he has prepared in a yellow, tablet FORM.
under the name of Kidneoids. While al
most entirely new to the medical world
Morrow's KidneOidS have produced such
marvellous results that there seems little
reason for doubling that he has discover
ed the remedy so long sought for by emil
nent physicians and that time worn ideas
as to the most efficient method of treating
the kidneys will soon be obsolete.
In our last issue we announced that one
# ha 1arfraSt Hpnu pnnRpFnG in the / TnifaI
States was negotiating for the control of
Morrow's Kidneoids. Weare now inform
ed by the discoverer of this most peculiar
remedy that the Herb Medicine Co., of
Springfield, Ohio. was the fortunate COM
petitor of the many firms who were en-
to secure the sole right to man
and sell MorrOw'S kidneoids in
the United States. They are now on sale
generally.
If not to be had of your dealer they will
be send postpaid, 80 cents per box, six box
es for $3.50 by addressing the company.
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sympathetic Boston.

Gotham-People are so different here
in Boston See how sad everybody looks
Backbay-Naturally. How could they
look otherwise when they think of the
unfortunate people who cannot live in
Boston?-Boston Transcript
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TANES.

Notice to the Village of Bradford, Vt.
a village tax of thirty cents and highway
tax of forty cents on the dollar of the Grand
List of the Town. of 1897. is in my hands for
collection. a discount of per cent will be
allowed on all taxes paid within 80 days from
this date. (said time expires October both,
1887. After October Both, 1897 taxes will be
paid to the collector
BARRON HAY, Village Treasurer.
Village of Bradford. VT, Aug. /. 1897. 43