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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01

BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET. Feb. Is
Swine.-The arrivals this werk were 10 442
lead. The rcceiI ts are nearly 500 head less
thin they were last week The market is
about steady 81 the prices ruling then; viz ::
Ear Western hogs sell at 81 50a4 - per
100 lbs, and those from a.ier points $4.25
al 30. Lig.t pigs, averaging 100 to 115
lbs, SAD 20 and under 100 lbs S4a4 Is
per 100 lbs gross. Roughs So. 75a3. 20 per
100 lbs.
Sheep and Lambs.-T7a,io is quite slow for
old sheep ani values unchanged since last
week, with few recespts and figures merely
nominal hl 3s;ia,c per ID as to weight and
quality. Lambs are fair active with an i'm
provement of safe on last weeks figures,
and range at 43ssGc per ID gross
Calves.-Veals are dull and 1oo OFF from
week. Quota ions: 4a6llc per III. Poughs
uOminally al S3a7 per head.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01

MEMORIAL SERvICE.-Special ser
vices will be held 10 the Methodist
Protestant Church tomorrow, Wed
nesday, afternoon, at 8 o'clock in
memory of Miss Frances E. Willard,
the late president of the world W. G.
T. U. The meeting will be under the
auspices Of the W. g. t. o. of this city.
Mrs. Clinton Smith, of Washington,
will deliver an address.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01

THs CITY AND CoUNTY.-The Alex
salrs correspondent of the Baltimore
-,a writes
..Tae entire separation Of Alexandria
gune from this ciiy is making more
.gta.r ant than ever before the qCes-
roa o. rbe precise rela'ious Of the
county authorities to ,he Arlington
rr,rrta'ioa. ARLINGTON was Grst seized
r. United at2s at the opening OF
'-..vu- and hei i by 'iue strong haud.'
]. rl, altelM ard cl lined ny The gov
y.as-ut in VIRTUE of a tax ale P9
.-s. hat fnallv was putct a'ed from
heirs Of MIS- G. .ueral Lee TOR $3.50 =
Tn. .Stn,e OF Virginia, on the %
%. February, 1854 gave Its consent TO
ne transfer of the land 10 the United
ats, ana it ha7 teeu out of the
lrisdicJior OF the State since that time.
Az to the county of Alexandria, which
probably the smallest county in tie
Ned States, for its extent is only
a5ou. twenty square miles, its re'ation
20 any land within lis limits has be-
,5ue important. The act giving the
consent OF Virginia 10 the purchase OF
Arlington provides that this State re
ta.us concurrent Jurisdiction over such
vac, of land. so that courts, magis-
.rltes and officers of this STATE may
AXE such cognizance, execute such
1-o. ss aud discharge such other legal
uucious within the same as may not
incompatible with the consent here
5y given. All jurisdiction Of anything
which has its origin and completion
upon the reservation is Withdrawn by
the State, but the county officials have
determined that Arlington reservation
snail not be used as means of escap'
uglhe operation of State laws in cases
Vhica originate outside its limits"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01
Demonstration Of Arnold'S Knit Goods.

You are invited to attend the demonstra :.
ton OF Arnold'5 Specalties fer Babies and
Children, which will continue all this week.
A lady lrcm New York is in attendance and
will explain them The Gertrude Suits and
Diapers are especially of interest, being more
practical and healthier than old style of
dressing babies. A complete line OF Arnolds
I, nit Goods will be found in cur Infants
Department.
Second floor
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01

On the morning OF Feb, 20, 1898, l
was sick with rheumatism and lay IN
he'd until May DIST, when l got bottle
ofChamberlain's Pain Balm. The first ap'
nlication of it relieved me almoStentire.
IL from the pain and the second afforded
complete relief. In short time | was
able to be up and about again.-A. j.
MoREAUX, Luverne, MINI. Sold by ).
II. Janney, Druggist, 70l King Street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01

THE DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA and
4 the JR O. u A. NJ, OF Alexandria take
this met hod OF publicly thanking their many
friends in Alexandria for their liberal dona-
tons and generous help on the 22nd Of Feb.
rnary IT.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01
Boys New Spring Clothing

Is ready, and the unusually complete assort-
ment will for the first time De displayed on
our counters to-day. The cut, tit and finish
of the new goods seem fsultless, while the
prices were never quite so low.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01

~ al 9y others by your coughing, and
MINI. liz by neglecting q cold. One
may No4sa Cure cures coughs, colds, Group
l.. s4d s.. throat and lung troubles.
10y ~ Y Leunou.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01

whooping cough is the most distressing
maadv bnt its duration can be cut sholt by
the use of One Minute Cough Cure, which IS
also the best known remedy for Group aud all
lurg and bronchial troubles. Charles It.
lennon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01
0CAL MATTERS.

ss tomorrow a. 6.@t AMI sets 8
psb water at , , a. IN. and
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01
WOmtnS New Hosiery.

Many Of the styles of Hosiery produced for
the coming season are here-all tho choicest
effects in embroidered, plaids, checks, and the
very popular polka dots These are shown in
both Isle snd cotton.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01

,.,rHvR rRoBABILITuEs.-FoI this
- -,.lae1t followed by threatening
.- Wednesday warmer westG Y winds
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01
Alexandria Market. Mar. 1.

The offerings of grain continue light but
prices remain unchanged Country Produce
is also quiet and unchanged
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01
DRY GOODS.
Wood ward & LotbrOD
10th, llth ard F StS., N. W.
The Exhibition of the New Assembly
Spring and Summer Merchandise
CONTINUED
TODAY AND WEDNESDAY.

In no year have we been so thoroughly
we'll prepared for an active spring business as
we arc this season aud at this date Each de-.
partment is stocked with fresh, crisp, new
goods, representing the very best productions
of European aud American manufacture, and
you'll find more to study with pleasure and
profit than you may suspect
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01

a.
,,.,,...- MESS LEAGUE The RI gu.
mre ing of the Business
-+-a- OF this city was held last
Pes lent Harlow occupied the
--i .a re was an average atten-
I~..a,u rmn-rs.
'' ~. NJ F Carne, the secretary, read
49,. .rl.a ~euator Mushbach regard
-.sa measures now hef)re the
,.ar. god from i resident of
I'm. ys--., VINO is contemplating re-
.araut rom that city to the
..-. was 10 special business to
......, ana conversational discus
,.e,al matters concerning the
,,.-r.s.s t'llo~ed.
.....ca 'ir committee, consisting
.p., ..t Harlow aud Messrs. w.
'.-ar J w May, H. f. Robertson,
4 Charles King, Isaac Eich
r. Muir, + f Downham,
Fl Thompson and J. Schneider,
a.. appointed to wait upon the
..,a-r committee of Congress aud
re the necessity OF the immediate
srIas . chauuel through the Ket-
/. B5tcu- and Maltawoman flats in
..Pocmc river.
The adysability of prevailing upon
.reaa.c4.s q the Norfolk aud Western
e.I.o.3 10 extend their road to Wash
..on via Alexandria was also dis
The President and Messrs. w. II.
1ly. Herbert Bryant, J. P. Robinson,
IT. H5lSham, J. F. Tackett, II. F.
jarr-ou. Ashby Mi Ter, F. Pah and
Css-nc- .-adbeater were appointed a
mu,.ce to confer with the Farmers
Institute. winch meets here this month,
artc purpose of presenting the ad-
.a- ges Of Alexandria as purchasing
depot. ST..
it. igague subsequently adjourned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01

Mixed lot Of remnants of Dress Ginghsms.
satiue4, Lawns Fine Organizes. Dmities,
&c. at DC per yard.
Lot OF remnants of Caicoes at 2a,c.
Lot of remnants Of Fast Black calnes at
3a.c.
2.500 yards of Yard. Wide Percal at Ga.c
One solid case OF Fine Madras Ginghams in
new effects at 73tc
1000 yards Batess Best Quality seersuck-
ers, in stripes and solid colors lengths to
90 yards at 72.c.
White. Black and Navy Heavy Quality
Duck cuttings at 7a;c.
30 pieces Best Quality Yard-Wide Percsls,
all new designs at Sc.
100 pieces Fine Swiss Orgsndy in solid
colors of pink Nile, blue, lavender, corn, yell
low. cream, white snd black. Worth Doe.
At 15c
Is pieces Light Colored Outing Flsnnel
at 37sc.
10 pieces Victoria Lawn at &c.
Lot of Heavy Weltei P. KS at Zoe.
Good Quslity India Linen at 37sc.
Toe Quality Victoria Lawn at SC.
Fine Porcelain Finish Check Nansooks
at SC
1oc to 15c Quality Plaid NainsOOks at
4O-inch Fine Shear India Linen at TIC.
15c Cambria Corset Covers at &c each.
39c Muslin Drawers. tucked with ruiile,
at PIC
59c Muslin Night Robes and Skirts, neatly
trimmed and finished, at 39c
Lot of Fine Lsces, white aud butter color
from to inches wide, worth from 15c 10
Boo, at 12lac.
EMBROIDERIES AT HALF PRICE.
Lots to close out at 2a.c, Sc, Sc and be
Every piece worth double.
Torchon Iaces at 1c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01

Fine Brown Cotton at 2a.c.
1O-4 Heavy Brown Sheeting at 12bc.
Yard-Wide Fine White Cambria 1T 6lac.
Pride of the Vest A Bleschea Cotton at
7hc.
All Colors Cheese Cloth at &c.
Yard-Wide Extra Heavy Brown Cotton
at SC.
Full Size Hemmed Sheets of best quality
Muslin at Acc.
Pillow Cases Of same quality at lie each.
Bolster Cases of same quality at pc
Wamsutta Sheeting Remnants, every piece
bearing genuine mill stamp, at following
prices: S>4 at lie; Cd at l9c, and 1914
at pic.
Barker Mill A Bleached Cotton, whole
pieces, at &c per yard
Fruit of the Loom, 4, T. at &c.
Lonsdale Cambria, "A, at Sc.
Lonsdaia Cotton, A, at &c.
80 pieces Twill Toilet Crash at 27-c.
IS pieces Good Quality Shifting Prints
at &c.
SC Shaker Flannel at 33,c.
Good Quality White Wool Flannel at 12k1c-
Doc Fine White Paby Flannel at 23c.
39c Full Blesched Table Damask al 2:3c.
53c Pure Linen Bleached Damass in
lengths Of 2 to yards, at 39c.
25c Red Table Damask at 15c.
Large lot of remnants of Lining Cambrcs
at &c.
Large lot of remnants of selisias at Sc.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01

A large line of SHEETS st.49c and SOC.
PILLOW CASES at 12l2c.
BOLSTER CASES at 25c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01
A Special Exhibition of
AND BLACK DRESSSTUFFS

Includes the new seasons novelties, among
which are mauy unique styles and designs
that arc ours exclusively. This display W IL
be particularly interesting nat alone because
of its peculiar beauty, bat also by reason of
its freshness, novelty, and the charming reve-
lions of il coming styles.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01
TO OUR PATRONS and THE PUBLIC.

We would respectfully announce that We
have removed to No. ia King street (tbe
store lately occupied By the Trading Stamp
CO.. and will on Tuesday. March LIST. open
with full line of SPRING SUGTINGS. IS
our spring and summer goods haze jus; ar.
rived We would take much pleasure
in having you call and examine 40
same. Thanking you fov ECU. past iavors,,
we solicit cnn.i.uanca OF your trade
SCHREINER & BAKEF
Merchant Tsi!ofs, ia King street.
feb2o ct
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-01
EXTRA A!

1zs-I EICHBERG & son having finished
an inventory have just put on their counters
about $50 PAIRS OF C0RsETs. Come of
them sold at 81, 81 25 and $50. You can
take your choice for SOC.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-27

and mountains and continents and
oceans really seem to us the very types
of immutability.
But in truth. all things change; of
the lessons taught by science that is
surest. Even the earths geography
changes. The maps of to-day would
nightly mislead the schoolboy of the
remote future: and il the souls Of Kip
ling's enthusiastic sailormen should
once more be set afloat i'm the ages TO
come. they would find themselves lost
on unknown seas tiding between CONT
nents invisible upon their charts
Invisible, yet not wholly untraceable
Though populous cities might be found
where the old-time soundings showed
a depth Of many fathoms, these rec
ords of forgotten world, If rightly
used, would still be of some service-as
VIII presently appear. Charge. though
inevitable, is not arbitrary: and this
makes possible rude forecast-all that
is here attempted-of the lands and
seas of a distant epoch.
Indeed, the accuracy IF such predc-
tions is contingent only on the COM
pleteness of our knowledge of existing
conditions and the agencies at work
All the future is written in the facts of
the present-if one could read 1t. Given
Q perfect knowledge of all the essential
factors, and any man can be an TN
erring prophet; IL is simply process
Of reasoning. Astronomical forecasts
give. perhaps, the most striking illus
tratiens. When the factors involved
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-27

center but at a point Zone of the foci)
considerably nearer one extremity than
the other A line. therefore. drawn
through the sun at right angles with
the longer diameter of the earth's orbit
divides the latter into unequal parts
lSee Fig. Though, of course, the in
equality is geratly exaggerated to make
IL obvious to the eye. At present, dur
ing the season tour summer) when the
earth Is traversing the longer segment
of its orbit and at the same time is
moving most slowly. the north pole is
tilted toward the sun. In consequence,
our summer is now longer than our
winter by eight days: in the southern
hemisphere the reverse is true. The cir
cumstance that in winter We are slight
ly nearer the sun than in summer is a
minor, though modifying factor: that
summer is hot and winter cold proves
this sufficiently.
AS a result of all these conditions. Il
is apparent that we of this northern
summer OF ages" Moreover, as the
effect of the preponderance of the warm
season over the cold in each year is high
ly cumulative. the frosts of the extreme
north are slowly yielding to its infiu-
ence; the warm ocean currents have
long been honeycombing the vast masses
of Arctic ice. and the line OF perpetual
snow Is receding by almost impercepti-
BILE degrees. If this could only go on
forever. our Arctic explorers might at
length walk barefoot to the very pole.
But il will not continue.
About the southern pole, however.
quite opposite conditions now prevail
There the terrible .'midwinter OF the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-27

laying It, with the pin point down
wards, upon a smooth board. Turn the
card around without lifting il from the
board and you will see that while the
pin head describes a complete circle
the angle with the board is unchanged.
tSee Fig. -
This slow wabble of the terrestrial
pole is what is called the procession
OF the equinoxes." and for a complete
circuit more than 10000 years are re-
quired. 1t is due to the attraction of
other planets, and to the fact that the
earth is not perfect sphere: but fur
Their detail Is unnecessary. What con-
Germs us here is the extraordinary eff
feet of this movement upon the earths
climate.
Just as the earths rotation on its
axis causes day and night and its cir
cult about the sun brings the changes
OF the seasons, so the gradual veering
of the pole gives rise to cyclic year,
a winter and summer of the ages. with
climatic changes of the most portentous
character and incidental phenomena
before which the floods of legendary
lore sink into insignificance
All, of course, are aware that the
ordinary summer of the northern hem
isphere is the part of the year when
the north pole is turned most nearly
toward the SUM- also that the orbit of
the earth Is not circle, but a very
round elipse. with the sun not at the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-27

sloer the situation grave, but not des-
perate. There is food at Fort Yukon
ioi ovV more men than are wintering
mere, and this can be freighted to
lawson or part of Dawson can go to
IL. II may be that the TRANSFORMATION
companies can feed the population naxt
year, but 1t is doubted here.
nave secured an accurate state
nhent Oh the amount of freight landed
IN dawson by the steamers during the
season, made up from the manifests Of
the boats and from information oh
tanned from the agents of the com
panles. Less than 200 tons reach
there, and between 700 and 500 tons of
TINS consisted of furniture. whiskev
hardware, etc.-less than 1000 tons for
e,ooo men, and much of it was con-
sumed during the summer. Prices are
Increasing In Dawson, flour selling for
sloo hundred and many other staples
IN proportion. Luxuries are not n,,ot
ca, SIMPLY commanding what a noan
ieeis disposed to pay for them DOCS
nave sold as high as $500 apiece there
ana SSoo has been offered and refused
here. oseo
our mail carrier is still here. strand
dogs or provisions to get
out. Inc government pays $500 for a
trip that costs $1,000. Nobody blames
the poor carrier, but everybody damns
the government and the contractors. 1
send this out by private parties.
1 am well and strong. The weather
is fine. the coolest to date being rs de-
grees below. Two feet of snow on the
ground. The sun rises at 10 and sets at
Q clock giving us seven or eight hours
daylight Moon swings in the heavens
all night, giving a light by which one
could read newspaper If it were to be
had. The trails are open and men are
starting out in every direction with their
log teams-to Fort Yukon, for freight;
% Birch creek mines, to drift and to
Dawson and thence to Juneau"
Even though we have been told of
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-27
THE TRUTH FROM KLOND|KE
Interesting Report Of s. G. Dunham Omitted States Agent in
Circle City, AIaska-ThrIIing Experiences

Look on the map of the northwestern
part OF the North American continent.
ana, II the map is up-to- date, you Will
see nesting down close to the line that
marks the Yukon river, just west of
where 1T crosses the boundary line be-
tween Alaska and the Northwest Ter
! ritory, little dot which means this is
the point where Circle City is located"
Here in this place, 1870 miles northeast
OF Dawson, which all the river traffic
to and from the Klondike passes, is the
man whom the United States govern
ment has sent out to gather informa-
ton regarding the klondike which the
public may know is accurate-Samuel
Z. Durham. Mr.. Durham is under the
direct jurisdiction of the commissioner
OF labor at Washington. All the long
winter months he has lived in a room
IN a $4,000 house at Circle City, a
house that is made of logs and boards,
and whose real worth seems preposter-
Gus.
Mr.. Durham has sent some valuable
information to Washington-or to the
United States, as he puts it. While
Alaska is part of the United States
you never would think SO il you lived
there and heard the people talk. They
always refer to the rest of the nation
as: Back in the states''
1t is safe to say that of the thousands
already en- route to the new Ell Dorado
only small percentage are actually
aware of the real conditions that exist
in the land of their destination. AS
gorgeous pictures of wealth have been
painted for their edification as imagi-
nation could devise, and that is why
the cold facts that have come to us by
the aid of carrier, dog and sledge, and
hnally the United States mail, create
something of a feeling of establishment.
Mr. Durham tells us that there is not
work for the people who are already
in the Klondike, and that before the
spring rush is half over the country
VIII TEEN with the destitute and home |
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-27

deluGeS have occurred in the past
even since man found foothod on this
planet--and there will be others before
our race becomes extinct. They We're
not, however. sudden and destructive
cataclysms sent in wrath To wash
away the sins (and sinners) of the
earth; on the contrary. the overwhelm-
ing waters rose so gradually that all
animated life had abundant time to
adapt itself to the changed conditions
The resulting phenomena were ire
mendous and appalling none the less
though in the final outcome was prob
ably beneficial-as are most of the
great operations of nature. In fact
these vast secular foundations seem to
be a means by which the earth is kept
hahtable
But what does all this mean? How
do we know that the earth has been
visited with a deluge of such stu
pendous magnitude, and that others
are still impending? What facts are
there to warrant conclusion so start
ling?
A full explanation would involve as
Economical details rather difficult to
present in an article of this nature
Taking these more or less for granted
and any extended treatise on astron-
omy Will give them-I shall endeavor
10 make the answer as brief and as
clear as possible. in terms that will
send no reader cropping through the die
tionary
The direction of the earth's axis is
not steadfast, as is generally assumed
nor does ii ever point directly at the
absolute pole OF the heavens. On the
contrary. II sways with a slow, Giro
ling movement. like the stem of top
which Is spinning in position not quite
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-27

least a thousand men between Dyea
and here, and not more than 100 have
got their outfits this side the summit.
Every SO yards along the trail are piles
of goods, and l suppose there are pro-
visions to the value of 100000 scattered
along the trail.
Prices fer packing and for all kinds
of service are practically prohibitory for
most of those who are attempting to
get IN, so many are carrying over their
own outfits. Some of the Indians carry
rs much as 200 pounds at one load and
make the trip from Dyea to Lake Lin
derman in two days, returning to Dyea
On the third day, thus making two trips
week. White men carry from rs to 125
pounds, and ii takes man with an ade-
quate outfit a month to get to the lake.
There are many here who have been Ave
or six weeks packing their outfits over,
and are not ready to start down the
river yet. All who have come to Ska
quay or Dyea within the last week or SO
Will have to come in without sufficient
outfit, pay 40 cents or mere pound, or
not get in at all.
Some movement ought to be made at
once for the relief of the suffering
which is bound to occur at Dyea and
Skaguay. Every steamship that has
brought people up will have all it can
do for at least two trips in carrying the
unsuccessful people back TO ciViIiza-
ton; and there ought to be some way
to force them to perform the service
without compensation"
Mr.. Dunham's communications make
one thing clearly evident-that a clear
headed government expert advises
those who are bound for the Klondike
to put away from them dreams of i'm
mediate wealth and replace those GAS
ties in the air with the chilly fact that
success in the klondike as in the older
sections of the country is only won by
skill, labor and perseverance, together
with the faculty that teaches us ali to
grasp our opportunities, when fortune
faYors US with them.