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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-03
DRUGGISTS.
THE HOLIDAY SEASON

IHL dOIIUd CEhoVLt
Is upon us. and you will save time by decid-
ing now what gift would be best to present 10
friends or relatives Nothing can give more
satisfaction than FINE PERFUMERY. We
have in stock and are constantly receiving
the newest aud finest foreign and damestic
perfumes, sachete, etc. These are from the
well known firms of Roger & Gallet, Iubin,
Coudray, Pineud, Atkinson, Woodwork, La
zelle, DALEY g. Co. and D. s. Brown. Our
IMPORTED BAY Rum is an exceedingly
fine article at very reasonable price.
E. S. LEADBEATER & Sons,
Druggists. Fairfax street.
Established 1892.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-03
MEETINGS.
~ ENERAL MEETING OF THE sTOCg
VI HOLDERS OF THE MINERS TRAD

y ENERAL MEETING OF THE SIOUX
~ HOLDERS OF THE MINERS TSAD-
ING <OMPANY OF VIRGINIA.
In accordance with vote of the directors
of said company general stockholders
meeting will be held at Alexandria. A'exan-
dria comfy, Virginia, on the 18TH DAY
OF DEGEMBEf, T. D.. 1898, at three
o'clock in the afternoon, at the Paddock
House, to consider the following propositions ;
1 Whether the capital stock of said cor
po1ation shall be increased to $4,000.
2. Whether the bylaws of said corporation
shall he amended 10 increase the number OF
directors or to make any other change there
in which may be determined by the stock
holders
3. To consider any other business which
may legally come before said meeting.
The Directors of the Miners Trading Com
psny of Virginia
no43ot* joHa B. COTTON. Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-03

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Nov. Is. 1898
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received up
to TUESDAY, recember g, at 1850 O'Clock ?.
m. for furnishing ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY CORDS, more or less, of merchant
able OAK WOOD, 10 be delivered to the poor
of the city as ordered and in quantities no
greater than one quartz, "a of a cord.
The wood is to be delivered during the
period from the goth of December, 1898 to
the Goth of March, 1899.
Bids should be addressed to the undersign.
ed, and will be opened at tho Auditors office
on TUESDAY, December 9th, 1898, at 1870
o'clock p. m.
The committee reserve the right to reject
any and all bids, and upon any failure OF the
contractor to give satisfaction to cancel the
contract
BY order Of the Committee on Poor.
J. r. TRIMMER, Chairman.
mol 8 I'd
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PROFESSIONAL.
For the Benefit of the Worthy Poor.

On Tuesday. November Goth, from p. m.
to 8 p. m, and on every Tuesday evening
(same hours during December, we Will make
special rates to those in need of gases, VINO
are REALLY UNABLE TO PAY regular
prices We guarantee the same careful exam
ination to all, free of charge.
SHOOTING
rsios in The temp!es-dull aches across the
Sr.bead- blurred v;sion-letters cunning to-
ge,her-skipping OF words or letters in read
ing-seeiig objects doube-ti'ed feeling sL IN
and Ia. ok + the eye.-ii fammstion in the
minute veins covering 1.-The whites of tho
ewes. all are symptoms of optical defect that
we can remeoy with properly adjusted
glasses
Special lenses ground to oder.
Oeculists' prescriptions filled:
Spectacles Eyeglasses, Artificial Eyes ETC.,
W. f. DIENELT,
Opthalmic Optician,
Office los S. Washington street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-03

When you have eaten too much, or when
YOU suffer from any form Of Dyspepsia or In
digestion, remember that Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure digests what you eat. It cares the
worst forms of Dyspepsis. Edgar Wsrfeld.
II corner King and Pitt streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-03

N. B. Same schedule Sundays, commencing
at 80 a. m.
POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS-STEAM-
ER WAKEFIELD leaves Washington Mon
days at 90 o. M, and Alexandria at 8 90
q. m, for landings as far as Nomini and on
Wednesdays and Saturdays at same hours for
st. Clements Bay and Leonardtown.
C. W. RIDLEY, General Manager.
JOHN B. PADGETT, Agent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-03

ARNOLUs BAUMO CELERY. Try this
unrivaled remedy for Readaches. Neuralgia,
SloeplesaDess. 10 rentz.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-03
COAL AND WOOD.

CHRISTMAS IS COMING,
the holiday season is here, and the depth of
winter means biting cold weather. Send in
your orders now tor your Xmas supply Of
comfort, and let US fill your bin before The
cold snap arrives We will sell you the be t
coal you can procure for either baking or
heating purposes at reasonable price.
COAL AND WOOD UNDER COVER.
J.R. ZIMMERMAN.
,pbooa 10 Foot of Oueen street
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BOOKS, STATIONERY, &c.
St, Nicholas Magazine
BY MARY MAPES DODGE.

This magazine for boys and girls is without
a rival in its field The features for the com
ing year will gain for it host of new friends
a few leading attractions are:
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Central Time)
;rs Noe Ok od 96 CONNECT at Warrenton
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STEAMEKS.

Leave Washington Leave Alexandria.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-28
SOLDIER PREPARES FOR BURIAL
Corporal Kelly Pays in Advance 70
Possible Funeral Services.

From the Kansas city Star.
A tall. slender, dark man stepped
into a Walnut street undertaking shop
yesterday and asked To see "A casket.
After selecting one. at a cost of $50,
he also arranged for "A shroud n for
funeral services.
who for?' asked the undertaken.
For me- the man replied. - am
buying this outfit for myself. | am NJ.
V. Keltz. a corpora Of the Third regi-
ment. Tonight | leave town with the
boys of my regiment. probably bound
for cuba and future battlefields. OF
course. there is a great chance-every-
one must acknowledge it-of a soldier s
being killed. / recognize this. and so
I intend preparing for death. ! don't
want To die. Indeed. there Is every
reason i'm the world why ! should var
to live. | am young. only % years.
and ! have "A brother and a guardian.
both living in Lexington, Mo, who
would he heart broken IL | should bc
killed. But I've enlisted to fight Spain,
and i did SO with a full understandings
of what might hc my rate for doing IT,"
As he finished speaking Corporal
Keltz drew from his pocket a folded
paper and tossed IL on the undertaker's
desk.
That is an insurance policy for
Loco. If am Killed | want YOU To
send for my body. embalm ii properly
and give it a decent burial. Whatever
the expense may be you can deduct the
amount from the policy. the balance
of which is to go to my brother at
Lexington"
IAN right returned the undertaken.
lis that ALP
"Yes-yes; guess that's about all |
have to say" and the tail man STROBE
briskly out the door and hurried west
on 18th street in the direction of the
armory whistiing a merry. joyous
tune. for he knew he had everything
arranged.
NJ. v. keltZ came to the city four
months ago from Lexington and Sc
cured employment as "A clerk with the
Jones Dry Goods company. He re-
signed his position when war was de-
clared and joined the Third regiment
as a corporal in Company II. At home
in Lexington where he lived for II
years. he stands well in society and has
many friends. He is the adopted son
of Forrest L. Shelby. brother OF the
late Gen. 10 O. shelby. who took him
into his family Is years ago. and has
reared and educated him as he would
an own son.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-28
He LED A DOUBLE LIFE
Mollie Everett Asks for Annul.
ment of Her Marriage.
WAS GROSSLY DECEIVED
Tigh, Under q False Name. Wooed and
Won HEREAFTER the Marriage She
Discovered That He Had a
Wife in San Francisco.

A suit for the annulment Of a mar
riage was brought i'm the district court
yesterday. the complaint in which tells
only a part of the story behind il. The
plaintiff i'm the case is Mollie Everett,
who. before her marriage. was Mollie
Mulligan. and resided with her parents
in Walkerville. The defendant named
in the complaint il John Everett. alias
JOIN Tish. and ii is recited that the
couple were married in Butte on Nov.
3. 1898: that at the time of the marriage
the defendant had another wife living.
from whom he mad not been divorced;
that he fraudulently represented him
self to be a single man. that but for
his deceit the marriage would never
have taken place. and that he u
lently represented his name To be John
Everett. while in truth his real name
was John Tigh. Eighteen months &
The second wife discovered the fraud
that had been practiced on her and
she left her husband and now seeks TO
have her marriage annulled.
Tigh is a miner and came To Butte
from California about six years ago.
He went under the name of Everett
and became acquainted with Miss Null
ligan and her parents i'm WalkerNille.
The acquaintance ended in the mar
riage. and Immediately afterward Ev-
erett took his wife n moved To san
Francisco. where they took up their
residence and lived together until about
is months ago. one day Everett and
his wife were walking along a San
Francisco street n met another
young woman who greeted them with
a shrek. Everett became confused
and tried tn escape, but the woman
prevented him. For a few minutes
they had a time of it,. The strange
woman claimed tha. Everett was her
husband, and he did not dare deny il,
and he also had To admit that his
name was not Everett at all. but Tigh,
and tina the woman he had deceived
and married in Butte had no legal
claims on him as his wife.
Further explanations or confessions
were useless, and wife No. > left her
husband and wife No. / To have it out
between themselves. She returned to
her home alone and lost no time in
packing her trunk and coming back to
Butte. THAT was Is months ago, and
the action for the annulment of the
marriage brought in our yesterday Is
the result.
The couple have no children. and
Mrs. Everett asks the court to permit
her to resume her maiden name. Mollie
Mulligan. Everett, or Tigh. had no
children by his first wife, either. The
maiden name of the California woman
was Maggie Conlcy. In AN affidavit
asking that the summons be served by
publication, wife No. = says the de
PENDANT is still in san Francisco and
presumably is living with his first wife
again. Robert Coombe is attorney for
Mrs. Everett of Butte.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-28
4 GREAT HANDICAP DAY
Opens the Spring Meeting of the
Brooklyn Club at Gravesend.
ORNAMENT is A STARTER
Marcus Days Ogden and Isidor Will
Not Start in the Historic Brook
Ign Handicap-Forty Horses
Were Nominated.

This is the great Brooklyn handicap
day. 1t is much regretted here that
Marcus Days Ogden and Isidor. which
were entered for the ace, will not start.
The day opens the spring meeting of
the Brooklyn Jockey club at Grave
send. The Brooklyn handicap will be
run as the fourth event on the card.
The historic event is of the guaranteed
value of $40, 000. of which 81. 500 goes to
the second horse and $500 to the third
horse. Forty horses were nominated.
and of these IL. and possibly Is, will go
to the post. Ornament is a certain
starter, and in the absence of Ben
Brush the high-class son of Order-Vic-
torine shoulders top weight and is fa-
vorite. The four rated next in merit by
the Handicapped are Ben Holiday, On
Deck, Tillo and DIR. Catlett. and of these
Tillo has demonstrated that he is in
racing form. Other candidates that
hav shown up well in recent races are
Royal stag, Semper Ego, Merry Prince,
Handball, Sly FoX and Our Johnny. The
majority seem to be well matched at the
weights and are likely to put up a close
race. No pronounced tip has yet been
attempted, which indicates a close race.
The starters, betting, jockeys and
weights are as follows:
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-28
SEARCHING FOR THE POLE.
Why Its Discovery Would Not Be a DE
sirable Feat.

Just as the magnet always turns to
the pole. so human endeavor for CEN
turtles past has been similarly directed.
Whether at any future time il will be
Nouchsafed TO mortals to reach the pole
rs a matter as to which. for various
reasons. considerable doubt may be en-
tertained. But would such an achieve
ment be desirable? / assert the con-
trary quite seriously.
If any one really got to the pole he
would, in common ~parlance. be utterly
at sea-" simply because at the pole
there is no possibility of ascertaining
ones whereabouts A person arriving
there would find an altogether different
world before him. Like a blind man
he would grope about and yainly en-
deavor to get back when he came. This
by no means enviable situation is cal
culated to destroy the illusions which he
may have cherished when starting on
his polar expedition. His completely
changed situation would be accounted
for by the fact that when stationed at
the pole the direction of the north
would be found to coincide with the line
of the Zenith-that is to say, the point
exactly above US. The opposite point
viz. the nadir-would coincide with the
direction of the south. The longitudinal
circles. and hence also the meridian of
the locality. would coincide with the cir
cles OF latitude. an equator would Co
incide with the horizon. Hence an as
Economical termination of the locality.
according to latitude and longitude, is
altogether precluded.
The same may be said as regards de-
termining ones bearings in any direc-
ton. The compass. too. will fail there.
because its horizontal intensity is so
slight as TO preclude the possibility of its
action. The only criterion for judging
that one has arrived at the pole is thai
the observed attitude of the SUI after
having been corrected 10 altitude above
the true horizon. is found to coincide
with the value OF the declination OF the
sun for the day in question.
Moreover. in those regions there IL
scarcely a day on which dense fog do
not prevail. and so or more degrees CO.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-28

Howard Ham, us; Lehman, ia. and
Handball, 100. are possible starters.
On Deck n Semper Ego are the
Brumley entry and Don D'Oro and
Merry prince are the Belmont entry.
The handicap will be preceded by a
race of little importance to horsemen,
the Expectation stakes of s., 900 for 3
year-olds. 1t will be a four and half
furlong dash. John Days grand colt.
Jean Bereaud, is sure to nave a big
following If he starts, while Miller and
kingden will be by nc means f~riendless.
The other eligibles who nave already
shown stake form include Rusher. AL
pen, Autumn, Glenheim, Counsellor,
Weinberg n the Morris trio. This
will be a rare opportunity for Glen
helm to get even with Jean Bereaud,
and should these rival stars renew
their struggle for the 2-year-old crown
at Gravesend, the Expectation should
prove one of the sensational races of the
season.
Jack Mclaughlin of this city has
zone into the horse business and yes
terday purchased two good ones as a
starter. One is the 5-year-old Una
Quena and the other is Elladrone, who
won two good races in California the
past season. They were bought from
Matt Green and are now at the Butte
track getting i'm shape for the season.
There are now 81 race horses at the
Butte track. Among the latest arrivals
is Lord Chesterfield. the greatest of all
jumpers. He is the property of Jack
Bray, who Is well known in these parts,
and who has brought one or two other
good animals with Chesterfield. This
is the most sensational jumper that ever
came to Butte and he beat them all in
San Francisco.
Ben Holly and II. l.. Frank will each
Ian a carload of horses in Butte the
coming week.
The boys have arranged a race for
$3.50 a side on which there will be a good
deal of side betting. 1t will take place
before the regular meeting. as soon as
both the horses and the track are in
good condition. 1t will be between Chi
nook and Tammany.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-28
GRASS GROWN IN The SHADE.
Good Seed aud Judicious Use of Lime
VIII DO the Trick.

From the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
From a Pennsylvania city comes an In
quiry as to whether in order to grow grass
in the shade IL Is necessary to use some
particular seed. or whether the MY cure
Is to cut some of the surrounding trees
and thus tighten the shade. A park ex-
pert says that grass can be grown IN
shady places. provided good seed Is ased
and the soil il not sour. To settle the last
question II Is only necessary TO take a
piece of blue litmus paper. turn some OF
the soil and. after wetting IL. place IL on
top Of the paper for 10 or u minutes III
the paper turns red the soil IL sour. The
remedy for sour soil IL from one to two
bushels of lime per loo square feet. ac-
cording TO the degree of redness shown by
the paper test. To preserve a growth of
grass close TO large trees fertilization will
be necessary every year. A particu ar
brand Of seeds is also desirable. and on
this point the advice OF a good scotsman
had better be taken.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-28

OF cold. such as mostly exist there. will
enhance the difficulties of observation
to such an extent that 1t can only be a
question Of approximate estimates. Such
conditions are by no means enviable.
and are scarcely calculated to induce us
to long for them with all our hearts.
But these are not the only things
which are likely to make a s~ojourn at
the pole a never-ending torment Worse
than all the rest. ION cannot count the
passing hours there: in other words,
there Is no criterion for determining
the time of day. During a period of
six months the sun will never rise nor
set. but during the whole of the time
will always remain either above or be-
low the horizon. As the earth revolves
around its axis in "A hours. the sun APP
parently describes. during the same in
terval. a circuit of $50 degrees around
the sky. being visible at an altitude
equal to the declinatlon de-
clination Is of the same name as the
pole at which the observer Is stationed.
The numerous attempts hitherto made
to reach the pole have. as a matter OF
course, been by water-that is to say,
by ships and sledges. The idea that one
might get there by al aerial passage
has not gained ground until recently.
but II we consider that balloons are not
navigable. and hence are liable to be car
ried away in any direction by air cur
rents that may accidentally prevail, and
In the most unlikely event only to the
pole, no one possessed of but a moderate
allowance of common sense will COM
prehend how success could have been
expected from such an enterprise. More
over. determinations OF locality cannot
possibly be made from a balloon with
any approximate degree of accuracy
Nautical MAGAZINE
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-28
sunday Excursions.

Beginning next Saturday, May II.
and on each Saturday and Sunday
thereafter until further notice, the
Montana Union will sell tickets to
Gregson Springs and return at $l00.
These tickets will he good on trains
leaving Butte at 3 y. m. or later sat
urday. and on all trains Sunday. n
returning on all trains leaving Oregon
Springs before midnight Sunday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-28
Our WOr Premium.

Send us so i'm advance for one years
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-04
THE CAUSE PROGRESSES.

A statement has been sent out TO the
country from Washington, which is ap-
paren;ly authorized. that the sub-com-
mittee Of the House Committee on Bank
ing and Currency appointed by Chair
man Walker 70 draft currency reform
measure TO be submitted 20 the Rcpubli-
can members Of the committee, have
agreed upon the fundamental principles
TO be embodied in the bill, and that they
Will soon report a complete measure TO
their colleagues. MIR. c. A Covant. the
wel-informed washington correspondent
OF the New York Journal Of Commerce,
who is in very close touch with the
public men at Washington. writes his
paper that the currency features Of the
measure will be in the main those Of
the Monetary Commission. This qualified
statement of the adoption Of this com
missions views probably means hat the
Subcommittee declines to adopt the com
MISSIONS unequiyocal declaration for the
gold standard and for the cancellation
OF the groenbacks j. will be unfortunate
FOR the country If the committee has elm
mated these two features from the plan
OF the commission, but we suppose public
opinion is hardly educated sufficiently
as yet upon these two points to justify
a CONGRESSMAN in perceiving that they
are absolutely essential to a sound hnan-
cial system.
Tho country will be lucky however, Il
It gets the main features Of the None
tary Commissions plan. even II the de-
olaration for the gold standard and the
cancellation OF the greenbacks are unpro-
vidod for. We are actually upon the gold
standard and nothing is ever going 10
drive US from H. unless a foreign war
causes as to so to a paper standard
as we did during the civil war. But even
that would not mean any the less a gold
standard Our paper dollar would still
be promises TO pay god dollars, although
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-04

VALPARAISO. CHILL via Galveston.
Tex. March 1.-The report that spain Us
negotiating TO buy from Chilli three war
ebips nov I'm course of con 1uc'lon h
England is characterized ass absurd py
government officials here.
They laugh 40 the story and declare
that the Gillian government bias never
received even the most remote hint from
Spain as 20 the purchase of warships. To
Is further stated that Chill has no inten-
ton of parting with any vessel OF hfr
navy. and that even if she were disposed
TO sell warships she would not sell % the
United States or Spain. knowing the state
us OF the present relations between those
two countries.
Chill has only two ships in Europe. the
armored cruiser OHiseins which is near
b finished. and is expected here in April,
and the school-ship General Blsucdoul,
which viii Doe finished about the end of
The year Tho CHILEAN transport Auga-
mos left for England several DAYS ago
with officers and crew for the OMggius.
New York Herald.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-04

pryTSBITRG PA. March 1T has
lust become known that Mrs. Marion
Somple widow of william Scmpie. or Ale
leehenv. was married to George II. Stew
ems. of Detroit. Mich, ON Monday eNen-
ing. at the residence OF the Rev. Mae
thew u. Riddle. ID. d., of Allegheny. slI.
and Mrs. stevens left Immediately ailer
fbe ceremony for New York After "a o."
DAVIS there they Will go 90 California Tor
two months. and then take up their rcsl-
dence m Detroit The furnishings OF lhe
semule home on Irwin avenue Alie-
ehcnv. have nearly au been boxed up ana
are % Doe sent 20 Detroit.
By marrying second time Niilal
eemnla's widow sacrifices a fortune. She
is several years the senior of her ne"
husband. The viii of the late William
sample beoueathed all hIs real estate ANA
the income from all his personal estate
to his widow. Marion semDle. SO long ls
She remains bis widow ard no longer.
Mr. Semple was n wealthy dry goods
merchant and capitalist Tie died about
eight years ago. leaving o. fortune e.ii-
mated at half a million dollars TO ms
widow. Mr.. semplo. with James d. CaI-
1orv. started and built the Pt-sours ana
Western railroad. now part of the BalL-
more and OHIO systcm.-New YORK iiei-
aid.