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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06
CHAPMAN'S. 424 and 426 KING STREET
The Greatest Discovery Yet.

W. NJ. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, ILL.,,
"Chief," says: - Q won't keep house
without Dr. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. Coughs and Colds. Ex-
perimented with many others, but
never got the true remedy until we
used DR.. Kings New Discovery. No
other remedy can take its place il our
home, as in it we have certain and
sure cure for Coughs, Colds, Whooping
Cough, ETC." IL is idle to experiment
with other remedies, even if they are
urged on you as just as good as DR..
Kings New Discovery. Tney are not
as good, because this remedy has a
record of cures and besides is guaran-
teed. 1t never fails to satisfy. Trial
bottles free o. +. L. Aliens Drug Store.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
ALEXANDRIA VA


L ALEXANDRIA, va.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Fec. 30, 1897.
The annual election for Directors o. this
bank will be held ct the banking house, cor.
her Prince and Lee streets. on TUESDAY.
January 11th, 1898, between the hours of
- m. and 1 p. m.
dec20 I'd II. HOoFF, Cashier.
THE ANNUAL MEETING of the stock.
L holders of the CAPITAL TRUST COM.
PANY, for the election of Board of Gircc.
tors for the ems ling year, will be held at Ill
south Fairfax street, Alexandria. Va, or
WEDNESDAY, January u, 1895 Folls
open at 2p. m. and close at 3 p III. At this
meeting the following recommendation of the
board Of directors, adopted at its last regular
meeting. will be presented for raificstion:
Resolved, Ihst We amend Article 2, Section
1, as follows, to read: The board ofdirectors
shall consist of seven directors,
Books for transfer Of stock will c.ose Jan.
uary 7, remaining closed until January IL.
inclusive. A dividend Of per cent. on the
capital stock OF this company will be payable
on and after January 3, 1898
HENRY E. SIMPSON, Sec; e.ar5.
dec29 I'd
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
The ERMAN co OPERATIVE BUILDING
ASSOCIATION. NO. 5, OF Alexandria. Va,
will be held THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 1898, at
7:30 o'clock p. m. at their Office, 107 south
Royal street.
JUSTUs SCHNEIDER, Secretary.
dnnO1 ent2QS1It
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06
MEDICINAL

rboard she some
, c S browns when
re is a life buoy just
hin a few strokes OF
all because She
sn't happen to see
Sick people often
ish in the same way.
Ip is within reach,
but th e y d IN I
q know just where
hit is. They be-
n come discouraged
: and disg ste d
with taking med
icines and give
up in despair.
Nary J. Stewart, of
Santa Clara Co.,
1.t+a- 30 NJ u "
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06

THE ANNUAL MEETING of the stock.
Il holders of the WARRINGTON ICE
MANUFACTURING COMPANY will be held
at the Office of the Alexandria Ice Manufac.
turing Company, corner of Union and Gamer.
on stioets. Alexandria. Va, TUESDAY, JAN
uary 49, 1898, at 1870 a. 10.
land I'd w. d. HALL. Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06
MEETINGS.

THE ANNUAL MEETING of the stock.
Il holders of the OLD DOMINION PER.
PETUAL BUILDING FUND ASSOCIA.
TION, 1st ard End seIies. will be held at the
office of james Z. Cation on TUEsDAY, Jan.
uary 4th, 1898, at 7:45 p. m.
dec29 I'd L. Z. UHLER. Secretary.
The above meeting has been postponed un.
til MONDAY. Jannsry 10th. at 7:5O m.
"ur .NMIr.I ,rnrnuAr1, e ..le1-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-01-22

A Washington correspondent tells of
a public man who is a little hard of
hearing, and who sometimes ATTEMPTS
to save himself from annoyance by pre-
tending to be more deaf than he is. In
a public place one day this man was
approached by an ofice-seeken who.
he had reason to believe, was about to
bore him with his tale of woe. The
office-seeker said, in a low voice, which
the others present could not hear:
"Will you please lend me $5?' What
do you say?" asked the public man in
a tone which, he thought, would deter
the applicant from repeating his re-
quest in the presence of so many: but
the man said, in a voice which drew
the attention of everybody within
hearing distance: will you lend me
$40, please?" The public man was
ashamed to refuse. "Why, yes" he
said, and gave the man a $40 note. AS
the borrower went away the lender
looked after him bitterly and said, with
a sigh: I'D have saved S. if I'd heard
him the first time!"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-01-22
Slavery In Africa.

Mr.. He'll Chatelaine, a returned Afri-
can traveller, in a lecture before the
American Geographical society a few
weeks ago, stated that of the 200, OO0. 900
people in Africa, so. 900. 900 we e slaves:
that in many parts of the little-known
interior parents sold their children, and
slaves were the regular currency; and
that SOC, coo lives were sacrificed in the
horrible traffic every year. The lee
turer even stated that in Morocco slave
trading was carried on under the pro-
lection of the stars and stripes; for
Morocco Jews, who are prohibited by
law from holding slaves, place them
selves under the protection of the flag
of the United States in order to carry
on the traffic. Against this unspeakable
curse of slave-trading, the most deter
mined and courageous battle is that
waged by the missionaries. The cost
of their support is money invested in
the salvation of bodies as we'll as Of
souls.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-01-22

A writer in a contemporary argues
that women should not work. Certain
iy, a great many women would be glad
If the writer could give them some
plan by which they might escape from
doing so much hard labor as many of
them have to do. But we presume he
means they should not do the work
which naturally belongs to man,
should not be slaves to hard or de-
grading labor which Injuries the health
and destroys happiness. His argu-
plent runs as follows: Marriage
among the higher animals is a form
of mutual cooperation of the sexes.
During the Matching eason the male
bird does all the work of providing
food for his mate; so it is with even
lions and hyenas. Among savage men
women are slaves to labor largely be-
cause there has been so much warfare
going on between different tribes that
1t was necessary, and mans selfishness
has kept her at it even when not nee
essary, but it is a passing phase of civ
ilization, and must come to an end.
In civilized nations female toll is not
necessary. Man alone could do all
the labor and produce all the wealth
required. Woman labor tends to
lower the marketable value Of male
labor; for, while woman is working
in the factories, there are everywhere
crowds of men vainfy seeking employ
ment, to whom the cessation of work
Is a recurrent and terrible evil.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-01-22
Selling Fresh Eggs.

1t is a fact that nine-tenths of the
residents of cities do not know where
to buy strictly fresh eggs, says Amer
lean Poultry Keeper. This is no doubt
a strange assertion to make in tae
face of the fact that thousands of
dozens of fresh eggs are sold in this
country every day, and especially whom
the purchaser gets them from IAN old
farmer" But even the old farmer In
not always any wiser than the GUS
toner, allowing for producing them
himself with the aid of his hens, but
some old farmers buy eggs or bring
them to market for their neighbors.
There is a great deal of faith" In buy
ing eggs, and much depends on CON
fidence'' and from whom they are pur-
chased. A party who had a large flock
supplied his brother in the city. Soon
the brothers next door neighbor re-
quested that he be supplied, and soon
after several other n%eighbors desired
a like favor. All of them were willing
to pay extra for the eggs, as they had
confidence in the n who sold them.
He was compelled to refuse some of
the would-be customers, from lack of
supply, which only made his eggs the
more desirable. Now, the market was
amply supplied with fresh" eggs, but
that fact did not alter the circum-
stances so far as he was concerned.
Cannot the readers learn a valuable
lesson from this experience?
Do not feed corr during hot weather.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-01-22

Women are working successfully in
almost every field. Vick's Magazine
states that according to the census of
1890 there were 312 commercial green
houses, or about n in fifteen, owned
and managed by women. We have a
personal acquaintance with several
women who are successful retail flor
lists. Other women, to our knowledge,
are making a success of raising ar
nations and other flowers for the
wholesale trade. These people soon
learn that the business of raising and
selling flowers is beset by much care
and labor that do o come under the
head of poetry. And yet nearly all
women florists that we have met were
led int the business because they first
of all loved flowers. 1t adds to the de-
light and success of any occupation if
one has a love therefor. There is no
question that, as a rule, women have a
greater fondness than men for flowers.
Why, therefore, should they not en-
gage in growing and handling them for
profit? The rougber work about flower
raising, such as the care of greenhouse
furnaces, the handling of soil and ma
nure and the like, can easily be done
by men who work for moderate wages.
If women are successful as florists they
are equally so as raisers of vegetables
and smaller fruits, especially strawber-
ries; they direct the rougher work, help
to prepare the produce for customers,
and perhaps take in hand the selling,
thus keeping closely in touch with the
state of the market. Generally speak
ing, we think hat the raising of straw
berries near our best markets is further
from being overdone than that of al
most any other kind of produce. The
consumption is enormous and fresh
fruit brought quickly from the fields,
without a large distance intervening,
always will sell considerably higher
than fruit long from the vines that has
been shipped. Much of the work of
picking and handling small fruits is
suited to be done by women.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-01-22

over the brown eyes, and a sudden
pallor overspread the sweet girlish
face.
This has been a pleasant summer
and autumn, Allie" he said; hasn't
it?"
YES" she answered, with a voice
that faltered in spite Of all her eff
forts.
Shall you miss me, Allie?"
The information was so low 1t was
hardly more than a whisper.
With a great effort the girl steadied
her voice and answered, calmly:
Certainly, Mr.. Ellis. THAT is, we
shall all miss you"
Il am going home, Alice" he said,
watching her keenly, ito prepare a
castle for my lady-love, as a true
knight should. Shall 1 tell you about
her? Where / first met her, and how
l came to love herr"
'If you please" came ever so faint
ly; there was a terrible sickening at
her heart.
1t was one day l was returning from
a hunt. I was very tired and thirsty
n from the brow of a hill l espied,
In the valley below, a house. I deter
mined to go down to it and ask for a
glass of water. AS l drew near l saw
a young girl standing in it's yard
watching the great fleecy, white clouds
hat were floating idly about in the
sky.
Alice started and crimsoned sudden
ly.
Il paused in admiration of the sweet
eFt face l had ever %beheld," he said,
pressing her hand. Gust then a WON
an came out of the house and repri-
manded the girl sharply, and asked her
What she saw The reply was, "A
CASTLE Do you remember it, Allie?
From that moment, dearest, I fell in
love with you, and then and there de-
termined, if you were willing, that I
would prove your true knight. Will
o marry me, Allie, and go to my
castle with me?"
There was a smothered little sob;
a quick glance up at his face, and
then the girl whispered:
Eyes, Harry"
And Harry went away the next day,
Dut came back before two months and
then Alice Bond went to live in her
castle, which exceeded in beauty her
Widest expectations.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-01-22
The Care of Teeth.

10 brush the teeth thoroughly after
every meal is, on general principles.
supposed to be quite the correct thing,
ana, unless cavities are discovered, all
that Is necessary to keep them in good
condition. Even dentists sometimes go
no further than this, and, whether
from ignorance or the certainty that
such a course will, in the long run,
Drlng them patients, many of them
give no further advice. Teeth frequent
ly decay in consequence of acids gen.
Grated by particles of food that have
become wedged in between the teeth.
All acids at one begin work on the
enamel OF the teeth, and soon make
tiny holes in it, or soften it so that it
wears away easily. When in this con-
dltlon 1t is easy to see that a stiff
brush vigorously applied is anything
but a judicious form of treatment. 1t
Is important to clear the spaces be-
tween the teeth from all particles of
rood, and this can scarcely be done
with a brush, no matter how thorough
ly and carefully it may be used. Spe-
cially prepared silk thread, called dem
tai floss, is excellent for this purpose,
but even this will not always suffice.
One of the best methods is to draw q
thin rubber band between the teeth
Spaces that will not admit dental floss
Or the finest quill toothpick can be
cleared by the rubber, which accom-
modates itself to all Irregularities, and
rarely cuts even on the sharp edges OF
broken teeth. The teeth are subject
obstinate. Receding and absorption OF
the gums is one Of the most hopeless
of difficulties, and if not taken in time
soon make the teeth loose, and they
fall out, having no gums to support
them. 1t is said that frequent applica'
tions Of fine precipitated chalk to thu
gums in the early stages of this diseas,
will check it, and sometimes allow ma
ture to effect a cure. Persons who ar,
troubled with acidity of the stomach
that disagreeable state of affairs wher
zones teeth are all on edge" will fine
1t an excellent thing to rinse the
mouth and wash the teeth in water con.
tanning a few drops of ammonia. This
is an alkali, and therefore neutralizes
the acid, removing by this means one
of the most prolific sources of disease
and putting the mouth in an agreeable
and wholesome condition.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-01-22
GOTHAM AsLAzE WITH FERVoR
Sixty Thousand Fiocked to Moody and

Sixty Thousand FIocked to Moody and
Sankey's RevivaIs.
a. writer in the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal thus recalls the first revivals held
by the well-known evangelists in New
York city: ""To the hippodromer was
the cry of the protestant religious
world of New York during the early
months Of the year 1876. Twenty-one
years ago, and yet the strangeness of
those days, when ove the great me-
tropolis hung an atmosphere charged
with the electricity of religious zeal,
is fresh in my memory. To the hip
podrome! The words were uttered
from h pulpits of scores of churches
first as advice, then as command
by ministers to congregations. To the
hippodrome! You heard the phrase
In the street cars, in the hotels, some
times upon the busy n On ear
ly morning trains, steaming in from
suburban points, o saw women by
hundreds with lunches in baskets
drawn to the city not by the spring
millinery of the stores but by that
shibboleth which echoed in myriad
Christian hearts, To the hippodrome!'
Moody and Sankey, aided by a multi
tude of local clergymen and bands OF
volunteer Christian workers, had un-
dertaken the task of setting New York
on fire with enthusiasm for the cause
Of Christ. How great was the measure
of their success may be judged by the
fact that there were days between Feb.
Z, the beginning of the revival, and
April 10, it's close, when as many as
$4,000 persons found their way into
the presence of the evangelists-one
meeting following another from moo
until late in the evening, with almost
constantly assembling audiences OF
1000 or 5000 at each. What was the
record of conversions during those ten
weeks of daily religious services
Somebody asked this question OF
Moody midway in the revival course
Record! he repeated. why, that is
kept only in heaven!' Well SO, fol-
there at least it is immutable, where
as the walls which rung with the glad
cries of converted sinners have Ions
since been RACED to the ground, and
not q stone or brick or joist or girdel
remains to tell the story of what went
on in that vast auditorium in the early
dawn of our great centennial year."
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-01-22

It's yes, aunt from morning till
night. What on airth air you a-lookin'
at?"
Il was watching the clouds, Aunt
Hester. Do come and see this n in
fha form of a castle"
"a castle! Good Lord! Just as if
them dumpy-lookin' clouds had any
more shape to them than a feather bed.
Land sakes, how some folks magma
lions runs away with 'em!'
Alice Bond had been left an orphan
when she was so young that she had
no recollection of father or mother.
She had always been a pretty child,
and she grew up rarely beautiful and
was the belle of the neighborhood.
Among her numerous suitors Ezra
Barnard, however, was the richest; but
he was also, if possible, the most boor-
ish; and Alice fairly detested him.
Maybe your expectin'," said the
aunt, sarcastically, some knight, as
they say in story-books, to come along
and take you off to hat castle you
were talking about"
May I trouble you for a glass Of
water?" interrupted a voice at this mo-
ment.
Aunt Hester started. In the kitchen
door stood a young man, clad in a
hunting costume, with his gun slung
carelessly over his shoulder.
1--WE had but poor luck" he said,
smiling pleasantly at Alice, land am
quite thirsty"
Tbop f,rn;p- - k,-4 TIoo4ar bo
added:
"You have a fine, old place here.
May l ask if you know of anyone in
the vicinity who would be willing to
take a boarder for a few weeks?"
II dunno" replied Aunt Hester,
slowly. Eve got a spare room that
amt in use. Perhaps I might. Is it
your"
Yes. I have come up among the
hills here for a months holiday. I will
pay you well. l like the place."
And Aunt Hester, Always eager to
make money, led the way to a large,
pleasant, square room, whose windows
looked out Upon the hills and sur
rounding country for miles around.
The stranger vas so pleased with the
view that he engaged the room then
and there.
"I1l go back to the hotel, at the
entrance of the valley, and have my
traps sent up at once" he said. 81
shall have time to get back before
sunset"
Ezra Barnard was in waiting in the
front room when he returned.
HULA, ALP he said, greeting her.
81 came over to ask you to a dig
they're a-goin' to have down to the
corners tomorrow night. How dye
do?" acknowledging the introduction
to the stranger awkwardly.
II cannot CO." she said, coldly.
"Oh, pshaw, AL! You're always
a-saying that. You can go. Your
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-01-22
An Application for Office.

Here is a queer letter that was re-
ceived by the late L. @. c. Lamar from
a man who wanted a place under the
government: 1.-THE Hon. L. @. c. La
mar-Dear Sir: In trying Experiments
l Placed A Duck under a Spout and
worked the Pump vigorously Half an
Hour. No Drop of the Fluid pene-
trated His Feathery Armor. | Next
wrote a Politician who Could Help me
to A Position By A word or the Scratch
Of a Pen. the Duck and the Politician
are Im%pervious. In Considering my
Application For Employment, l Hope
you will Not Be a Duck Nor A Politi,
ian.'-Exchange.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-01-22
Modern Venice.

An artist who has Just returned from
a long s%ojourn at Venice reports to the
Boston Transcript that the Queen OIL
ernized. Some of the beautiful old
stone bridges which are falling to
pieces from age and the effect of the
damp climate have actually been re-
placed by straight iron bridges, fit fol
an American railroad! Several old
ings covered over with plaster or stuc.
co; the aristocratic families who in.
habit them are too poor to repair or re-
store them, and have covered the
crumbling fronts with this stucco
In the Doge's Palace some of the
stones have actually crumbled away
and these have been properly replaced
with new stones at considerable eX.
pense to the municipality, but the
owners of private palaces cannot AFFORD
this expense, and so they up the
decay as cheaply as possible. The citi-
zens are confronted with the fact thai
Venice, on account of its climate, is
much more subject to decay thar
Florence or any other inland Or high.
lying town. And the city is so poor
thai it cannot do what ought to be
done to repair the ravages of time an6
the climate. 1t is a great pity; for, il
the city ceases to be so beautiful, il
will cease to attract the foreigners or
which Venetians mostly lived. 1t will
be a prodigious loss to the artists Of
the world; for, though every nook ant
corner of Venice has been painted, it is
as good as an education to go ant
paint it all over again.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-01-22
r o FROM IRELAND.
An Interesting Experiment in the West
ern Highlands.

ern Highlands.
An experiment Of an enterprisinp
kind is shortly to be made in one OF
the congested districts. of the Irish
western highlands, says the Pail Mall
Gazette. In the neighborhood OF
Drumkeerin, County Leitrim, border
ing the shores of Tough Allen. a fur
mace is now in course of erection for
smelling the native ore, and. so far
as the preliminary trials have gone.
the results have beer reasonably sat-
isfactory. The district is rich in min
erals-that is, as compared with other
parts of the island. The coal strata are
the uppermost of the secondary depos-
its in the district, and are bedded in
carboniferous limestone, which has for
a base a tract of the old red sand
tone. The coal is the black bitumi-
nous species, and it has been estimated
that 10000, 900 tons lie within the lin
it's of the four counties of Leitrim.
R~oscommon. Sligo and Mayo. Beds of
ironstone are numerous; limestone for
smelling has been quarried here be-
fore, and charcoal is obtained from
the neighboring woods. Nearly half a.
century ago ironworks were in oner-
alton here, but owing to the scarcity
and unsuitability of fuel the smelling
was discontinued, although the last
iron made was of a high quality. To
cope with this drawback and to util-
ize turf fuel, a peat-drying and press
ing plant has been laid down. The
success of the works will be product
i've of ~incalculable good to the peas
antry in the vicinity, to whom regular
and remunerative employment will be-
very welcome.