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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-29
AUCTION SALES.
By r. F. Knox. Auctioneer.
GALE OF VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS.

By Z. T. Knox. Auctioneer.
GALE OF VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS.
Pursuant to decree of the Circuit Court OF
Fairfax county, Virginia, rendered at its DC.
Il Der term, 1898, in the suit OF the National
Bank of Manassas VS.. H. Il. Blunt, &c, pend
ing in said court the undersigned, commits
sioner of sale, will, about II O'Clock m. on
SATURDAY,
the 18th day of January, 1899,
offer for sale at public suction in front of the
Royal street entrance to the Market House in
ABLE BUILDING LOTS, located in Fairfax
county, Va, in the square bounded by Wash
ington, Columbus, Jefferson and Greene
streets, adjacent to the city of Alexandris.
being lots Nos. 4. 5 and on plat of sub
division msde by D. J. Howell, of the real
estate of William n McVeigh.
Terms of Sale: One fourth cash, and the
balance III three equal payments at six, twelve
and eighteen months from the day of SALE
evidenced by the purchasers interest-bearing
notes and secured by retention of title until
the last payment is made.
THOMAS &. KEITH,
Commissioner Of Sale.
/, w. f. Graham. Clerk of the Circuit Court
OF Fairfax county. Virginia, do certify that
the bond required of Thomas z. Keith, com.
missioner of sale in the suit of the National
Bank Of Manassas vs.. 81. II Blunt. &C.. has
been executed by said commissioner with ap-
proved personal security. Given under NV
hand this 10th day of December, 1898.
W. E. GRAHAM, Clerk.
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MEETINGS.

CTOcKH II DERS' MEETING.-Notice is
~ heresy given that the annual meeting
of tho stockholders of the CAPITAL SYN
D1CATE COMPANY will b. held at Ids
a nj, on WEDNESDAY, January II, 1899,
at No. 107 south Boyal street, Alexandra.
Va, for the purpose of electiEg president.
two directors and transacting ether necessary
business. Py order of the manager.
FRED MCKEE, Secretary.
HaoOT ;an2SQ
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-29

STOCKHOLDERS MFETING.-The an
~ Dual meeting of the stockholders of tho
E E JACKSON COMPANY, for the election
# directors aud the transaction of any other
business, will he held at No. 1913 south Royal
street. Alexandria, Va, at 1870 a. M, JAN
UARY II, 1899
JOHN B. Rider, Secretary.
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OToCKHOLDERs' MEETING Notice is
y hereby given that the annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the DEBEN-
TUBE STOCK COMPANY will be held
held at :45 o'clock q. m on WEDNEs.
DAY, January IL. 1899. in the principal
office of the company. No. 10Y south Royal
street, Alexandria, Va, for the purpose of
electing president directors and transaction
of other necessary business. By otdeE of the
executive committee
FRED MCKEE, Secretary.
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CONDENS SEQ MILK
FINANCIAL.
OHABIOJTFSYILL f AND RAPIDAN
RAILROAD COMPANY.

NHABLOJTFSYILI f AND RAPIDAN
~ RAILROAD COMPANY,
ALEXANDRIA Va. Doc Ia, 1898
To the Holders OF the Charlottesville and
Bapdsn Railroad Bonds:
The following bonds, drawn for redemp..
ton. by LOT, in accordance with the terms OF
the mortgage will be paid at the Office o! the
PHILADELPHIA Trust, safe reposiu and lnsur.
ance Compauy. Philadelphia, Pa. with &C
crued interest, on January 1st, 1899, Ipter-
est will cease on SAID bonds January /. Is -
Nos 40, 2l0, $50, 100, 25, 243. ia,
Nos. SOS. go, Gil. 33S, S35, 366, Alb,
352, 623. $50. Gas, $500 each
Nos 100, go, 800 each.
E HGaS T. VI D sfSazi Trustees
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-29

NOTICE.-The annual meeting of the
IN stockholders of the GERMAN c.
OPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION,
NO 5, first and second series, will be held
THURSDAY EVENING, January 5, 1899,
at 7:3O o'clock at their Office, No. LOT south
Royal street.
JUsTUS SCHNEIDER, Secretary,
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N. B. Same schedule Sundays, commencing
at 80 q. IN.
POTOMAC RIVER NGs-sTEAM-
ER WAKEFIELD leaves Washington Mon
days at 7 90 a. M, and AleIandria at w
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.
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TIME ANNUAL meetings of MECHANICS
Il BUU DING ASSOCIATIONS, NOS. 2,
8. and 5 and NO 8, second series, of Al lex
andria, Va, will be held at 70 212 King
street, on TUESDAY, January 10, 1899, at
7:30 o'clock .. II.
LEONARD MaRBURY, Secretary.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-29

OToCKHOLDERs' MEETING.--Notice is
y hereby given that the annual meeting Of
the stockholders of the ANGLO-AMERICAN
COMPANY, LIMITED, will be held at 11:30
o'clock a. m, WEDNESDAY, January II,
1899, at the principal Office of the company,
No. 125 south Royal street, Alexandria, Va,
for the purpose of electing three directors for
period Of three years and such other bust
ness as may be necessary and properly
brought before it, By order of the Executive
Committee.
CHARLES B. NEWMAN, Secretary.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-29

rT1HE ANNU L MEETING of the stock.
L holders of thu OLD D }MINiON PEE
PETUAL BUI DING FUND AaSOCIA.
TION, 1st and I'D series, will be held at the
office of James r Cation, Ill south Fairfax
street, on TUESDAY, January Sd, 1899, al
7:45 p. In.
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MEETINGS..

IN BosroN, Mass, Dec %. 1898.
A general meeting of the stockholders of
the PAN AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY is hereby called to be held on the
26TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1899, at IL
o'clock a. m, at the Braddock House, in
Alexandria, Va, for the purpose of electiI 6
new board of directors and of changing the
number thereof if so desired, and for the
transaction Of such other business as may be
hro1ph heforo id mpetinp
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tic hrslts OF those who are busy with their
New Years baking, or who use our high
grade LEE COAL for heating purposes. King
coal is the kind we always keep-thst is King
Of the heap-King over all other bitumnous
or anthracite coal; in other words, the best
thst the mines produce Better lay in a sup
ply. J. r. ZIMMERMAN,
Foot Of Queen street, Alexandra. Va
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Alsxamdria 3asett4.
Fvp1os1oN IN AN IRON FURNACES

ra.BD EVENING. DEC % lsss.
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STEAMERS.

Leave Washington Leave Alexandria
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-29

Central Tilne)
Trains Nos Cverton for and from Wsenton
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TIHE EIRsT NATIONAL. RANK

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The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19
Increased His Class.

This could only happen in Scotland,
where a way has been discovered by a
Glasgow minister to compel even the
worldly passions of men to make for
righteousness. He noticed that the
young women who came to Bible class
at his house each had a young man
waiting for her. SO one evening what
did this canny Scotsman do, when the
class was in progress, but make an ex-
cuse to leave the room and step out
side, where, as he expected, he found
a small crowd of waiting swains. With
much politeness he pointed out his un-
willingness to keep them from their
sweethearts and invited them to come
inside and see them.
1t is needless to add this Glasgow
minister has a mixed Bible class now
on his hands. And it is doing WE'LL
Boston Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19

According to the annual report or
the commissioner of the general land
office at Washington, the United States
government still owns nearly 600,OOO,-
600 acres Of land, in addition to the
1863, ,OOO, 900 acres embraced in Alaska.
This land is In twenty-five States and
Territories. Montana stands at the
head of the list with 71,500,000 acres.
There are still 100000 acres Of public
land in Kansas, 100000 acres in Mis-
souri, and 10,500,O00 acres in Nebras-
ka. The greater part Of the govern
ment's possessions consists Of arid
lands and mountainous districts, which
are unfit for agricultural uses. Though
without much value at the present
time, many million acres of this great
public domain is destined at some fu-
by means of cultivation with the aid
of irrigation, and the present growing
sentiment in favor of experiments in
government operation Of industries
will probably result, before many
years, in the construction of vast irri-
CATION systems in the arid regions, by
the United States government. There
is an excellent opportunity there to
test some Of the popular Socialistic
theories without a disturbance of the
existing industrial and social condi-
tions, and without any chance Of Sc
rious loss to the government. There
are many people in the United States
xx-hn 70
many features of the single tax idea,
for example, but who are too conser-
vatlve to advocate an application Of
the theory to lands already controlled
by individuals. Such persons would
welcome some experiments with the
theory In the regions now owned by
the government, which can be made
arabic by irrigation, and 1t is not at all
unlikely that well considered plan for
developing these lands and putting
them into use, with the government as
a great landed proprietor and the peo-
pie as lessees, or renters, may be adopt
ed by Congress before many years. In
times these lands will be a source Of
great wealth to someone, and as they
are now owned by the government and
there is a strong sentiment in favor Of
launching the nation into an expert
ment of that sort, there seems to be no
good reason why the government
should not undertake, by irrigation, to
put large bodies of arid lands in cOndi-
tion to yield the treasury substantial
revenue, and at the same time make a
test of the effects of such an enter
prise on the social conditions, the in
dustry and the enterprise of people
who are anxious to take part in such
an experiment.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19

The Chilians, the yankees of South
America" are moving in the matter OF
railways, and the Gillian government
is considering an offer from a German
syndicate of S35, 100000 at Az per cent.
to be expended in building lines. The
offer is stroke of enterprise not mere
ly as an investment, but because or
the foothold it will give Germany IN
South American Industries. In a
mountainous country like Chilli $3o,OOO,-
600 will not build many miles of road,
especially since the first effort VIII
probably be to scale the Andes and eS-
tablish communication with the Atlan-
tic States, but 1T will build so much
that more must be had in order to make
the first available. In the end, 1t IS
most probable the sum will amount TO
S10O,000,000, or more, besides Whlcn
many other millions will have to be In
vested in equipment, and Germany
will be In favorable position to fur
nish all that Is required. If properly
conducted the movement will be proht-
able to both Germany and Chill, ana
though the United States may regret
to see such an alliance between
South American State and foreign
nation the United States will have
nothing to say in contravention of It.
The Monroe doctrine does not cover
such case.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19

AN EXPENSIVE BUG. lily of voracious IT,
ger beetles, the highest type Of these
insects.
During the remaining days spent in
the field the two naturalistS studied the
insects habits closely. They learned
that this species was even more fero-
cious in its nature than other mem
bers Of the tiger beetle family. The
larvae dig holes about a foot deep.
Climbing by two sharp sickel-shaped
mandibles to the top of the burrow,
with jaws open, level with the ground,
they wait for any unwary prey that
attempts to cross the opening. They
are not only carnivOrous but combat
i've. If stick or straw be thrust into
the hole the angry grub will fasten on
1t with a tenacious grip, and will be
dragged from its hole rather than give
up its supposed enemy.
In ten days 1,170 specimens We're
taken. '"The ground was so thoroughly
stripped of beetles" said DR.. Williston
In his office in Snow Hall Museum, at
Lawrence, that subsequent expedi-
tions sent for years afterward from
Eastern museums were never able to
earn their salt If the beetles could
have been sold at prices paid In 1876
they would have brought more than
$4,000"
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19
The Ace OF Women.

The common objection among wo
mankind to letting their ages be known
is not shared by the women Of Japan
who actually display their age in the
arrangement of their hair. Girls from
nine to fifteen wear their hair inter
laced with red Grape describing a half
circle around the head the forehead
being left free with curl at each side
From fifteen to thirty, the hair is
dressed very high on the forehead, anG
put up at the back in the shape Of a
fan or butterfly, with interlacing OF
silver cord and a decoration of colored
balls. Beyond thirty, a woman twists
her hair around shell pin, placed hori
zontically at the back of the head
Widows also designate themselves and
whether or not they desire to marry
again,
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19
MARRIAGE NOT in HER MIND.
A Mistake Made by a Studious Girl
Caused Much Laughter

caused Much Laughter
An informal afternoon banquet was
recently arranged by the graduating
class of a local institution Of learning,
The girls, of which there were a num-
Der, formed as usual a vision of lowell
ness, while the young man, as some
times happens, were permitted to call
attention to 1t. Amid the merry clink
of glasses, and while strong lemonade
and root beer flowed like water. story
after story was told, retold and laugh
ed at. The best practical jokes Of the
year were rehearsed. The merriment
of the whole crowd was directed by one
unhappy allusion after another on ev-
cry one in turn. The man who had
received the highest average and was
to deliver the valedictory persisted in
talking seriously, but was choked off
early In the proceedings. Nobody
wanted to listen to how he won the
prize or how near he came to losing it..
The school year was over, and they
were all thinking of something else
Occasionally there would be a lull in
the hilarity to allow the regular pro-
gram to find it's way through the en-
tertainment.
First a tall girl got up to read a
poem which she had composed for the
occasion. She compared the class to a
tree. The young ladies were the buds
and the boys the limbs. She was fol-
lowed by an equally short young man,
who had written a class history. He
prefaced this by lengthy essay, ont-
tied, 'What Makes History?'' to which
a mischieyous girl added In an under
tone, 80 tiresome."
Next one of the professors got up to
explain the functions Of criticism. To
give practical illustration Of his re-
marks he applied them to the viands.
These he criticised thoroughly, but as
he had been on the committee of ar
rangements he found them all excel
lent.
AS the afternoon wore away, how
ever, every one became more thought
full. They began to discuss their plans
for the future. The young men didn't
seem to have any plans, so they sat
and listened. One Of the fair graduates
was going abroad, another to study
art. Another felt she was destined for
a musical career, a fourth wanted to
engage in church work. Finally they
came to rather studious girl, who was
perhaps the senior of the class. 1t was
the impression that she was going to
continue her studies as post grad
uate. When asked what she intended
to do during the coming year year she
replied: 'I'm going to get fellow"
Here something stuck in her throat,
and, although 1T seemed an almost In
filnitesimal space Of time, the whole
company was in roars of laughter be-
fore she could add ship. Chicago
Ttmes-Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19
King Corn.

It is not beyond the realms of the
possible to expect a sharp advance in
corn before the crop of 1897 Is gath
cred. But even without that, corn
growers are not entirely discouraged
Secretary Wilson recently wrote: 1--WE
notice in many exchanges articles bear
ing on the question of what the Iowa
farmers shall now raise for a substi-
tute for corn and oats, assuming the
growing Of these cereals to be no long
er profitable. This thing looks funny
to us. The bushel of corn is the farm
ers raw material. Converted into
beef. pork, mutton, poultry, eggs, but
ter or cheese, one year with another it
will bring him forty cents a bushel,
and oftener more than this than less.
What shall he raise in place Of corn?
Why. more corn. The more ten-cent
corn a man has in his cribs when he
has the right sort of machines to work
1t I'D. the better he is off. Nothing on
earth can be done for the man who
either will not or cannot farm in this
way and who persists year after year
in raising corn to sell. Corn is king
vet. Raise more corn"
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19

abe ''unspeakable Turk" 1t appears,
has taken his medicine" In the case
of the Asia Minor officials whose dis
missal was demanded by the Austrian
Government for outrages perpetrated
against Austrian subjects. The result
shows that the Sultan knows how 10
come down gracefully when circum-
stances over which he has no control
require In this instance he seems
TO have had no control over the Aus
trian Government. The latter Is en-
titled to great credit for solving prob
lem which has puzzled European cab
inets and diplomatists alike In the
past. Why cannot ''the powers" use
the hint contained In this little incident
to advantage when their requests are
insolently disregarded by the Sultan
In futuref Action on this line a year
or two ago might have saved Great
Britain, France, and Russia from the
charge Of virtual completely in the
Armenian massacres.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19
In, Isolate Germany,

The scheme of autonomy proposed
for Cuba by the new Liberal ministry
would have its own legislature, chosen
directly by the people; and this legisla-
ture would have control over taxation,
the tariff, public instruction and all
matters Of internal administration.
There would be a ministry, appointed
by the Governor General, from this
legislature, and responsible to it. The
Governor General, appointed, by Spain,
would have a veto upon legislation.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19

1t has been predicted that Africa
would be the theater of the great strug-
gle between European powers in the
next century, as America was In the
last two centuries. Bishop Hartell, Of
the Methodist Episcopal church, after
q close observation Of the situation, in
dorses the opinion. There are already
signs of the coming trouble. Germany
In watching British progress in Africa
with a Jealous eye and only wants a
pretext to interfere in order to stop
that progress. The French are contin-
ualiy encroaching on the sphere of Brit
tsh influence, and though the French
Government disowns the acts of over
Eeaaous French officers, still the Gov
eminent holds whatever they acquire.
Africa is rich prize, and English, Ger
mans and French. to say nothing Of
Itaitana. will ali seek to gain as large a
slioe Of the continent as possible. 1t re-
Qulres no prophetic powers to predict
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19
Drifting for Six Years.

After a career unparalleled In the his
tory Of maritime affairs, the derelict
schooner Wyer G. Sargent, abandoned
at sea on March 81, 1891, in latitude
84:42, longitude 74:40, while bound for
Philadelphia with cargo Of lumber
her crew being rescued by the schooner
H. e. Thompson-after battling with
the storms of the Atlantic for nearly
six years, has drifted ashore on the un-
inhabited island of Conception, one of
the most dangerous of the Bahamas,
and there will end her days. She Is
shattered and covered with barnacles.
Her cargo Of lumber long ago has been
emptied into the sea through her cap
sizing, but her stout hull Is still held
together as firmly as the day on which
she was launched at Sedgwick, Me-, in
1881.
This most remarkable career just
ended has for years past attracted the
attention Of shipping men all over the
world, as her erratic courses about the
Atlantic were for months most accur.
ately plotted ON the pilot charts issued
by the photographic Department at
Washington. Her drift was, indeed,
more singular than that of the famous
old schooner w. L. White, which. al
though abandoned In the same locality,
drifted ashore ten months afterward
at the Hebrides Islands, off the north
west coast of Scotland.
The Sargent, In about three months
reached the center of the North Allan
tic. Here she drifted about In q most
peculiar and erratic manner for some
time, until Oct. II, 1892, when she got
into the Sargasso Sea, and expe.
rierced shipmasters do not doubt that
In this sea she remained until carried
out Of its influence by unusually fierce
easterly gales last winter.
The theory is that the Sargent after
being freed from the Sargasso Sea,
came down to the southwark and west
ward with the trade winds and cur
rents, as did several other derelicts.
The Sargent was over 800 tons reg
lister, and was built in Sedgwick, Me-,
sixteen years ago. She was 131 feet
long, 31% feet beam, and 11A feet
deep. Her cargo consisted of about
$50, 900 feet of lumber.-Chicago Chron.
icle
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19

New York has sent sixty women In
boomers ito civilize the Klondlke re-
gions." II they reach their destination
at all 1t Is pretty safe to wager that
they will be civilized by the miners.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19

and they sold read
lily for that much
and sometimes for
more.
Twenty one years
ago two young sci
entists, Prof. S. w.
Williston and DR..
H. A. Brous, while
e xpl orr n G the
branches of t b e
Smoky Hill River
for fossil remains,
cane across t h e
rarest of beetles,
the amblichila, be-
longing TO thp fam
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19
Found Wanting,

Rev. Saintly-Ah, sir! When that
new planet breaks away from the sun
the temperature on earth will rise to
1000 degrees Fahrenheit! Are you pre-
pared for that?
Summer hotel proprietor (aghast)-
Great Scott! No. I've closed up my
hotel and let the help go!-Puck.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19

Germany's foolish hostility to Eng
land, as voiced through her monarch,
naturally gives offense to Austrian aud
Italian statesmen, and to that extent
weakens the tie between the three ma
tons. Thus far the net result of the
Kasier's freaks in his efforts to isolate
England has been the creation Of dis
trust toward himself among his friends
which may, If his pranks are persisted
In, Isolate Germany,
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19
Acnnaintance Doesn,t Count

81 can't understand why Jermyn and
his wife don't get along well together.
She was his typewriter for years be-
fore he married her, and they surely
ought to have known whether they
were suited to each other or not
"My dear sir, a shoe never pinches
until after you put it on"
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19
A Coincidence.

"The man who brought this in," re-
marked the editors assistant, as he un-
rolled half a yard of manuscript, told
me confdentially that he needed the
money for it,"
YES" was the melancholy answer,
''it's a strange fact that the longest
poems seem Invariably to be written
by the shortest poets. Washington
Star,
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19

Miss Augusta Main, Of New Berlin.
Conn, charged with an assault with
intent to kill, declared in court that
there were two things In the world she
hated, and they were men and dogs.
II never see either" she said, but
what 1 ache to kill them" How un-
womanly In her not to love dogs.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19

A Boston asylum advertises for "gra-
tuitous contributions of perused litera-
ture for eleemosynary distribution" ="
The Bostonese have such a charming
way OF putting things!
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19

A New Jersey training school for
nurses has refused diploma to a
young woman who writes poetry. This
Is rather rough on the young woman,
bur Just think how unpleasant she
would make things for an invalid.