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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-19
Dysons Book Store
sos King Street, next to Opera House,.
Public School Books Sold and Ex-
changed at State Prices.

Private School Books as low as they can be
bought elsewhere.
Our motto for school supplies is Best Goods.
Best Selection, Best Prices
Call ard see if We cannot save you money
on States. double snd single, Penbolders.
Pens, Inks. Tablets, Blank Books, Erasers.
school Bags, C1ayors and in fact everything
else used IN the school room.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-19
AUCTION SALES.
Bv O'Neal & Lunt Auotioneers.


USTEES' SALE--By virtue of two
4 deeds of trust. dated December 4, 1894
and October 10 1895, executed by George
w. Houeh ana wife ard recorded respectivel '
in deea book No. 33. page 329. aud oe~d
book No So, pa e $50 of the land records OF
the city of Alexandra. Virginia. the undel-
signed trustees, by direction OF the parties
secured under said de d, default having been
IN tde in the provisions of the same. VIII oher
for sale al pubic auction on
TURDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1888,
at ID O'Clock noon, in front of the Market
Building. in the city OF Alexandria VIRGINIA
he following described property to wit
ALL 1HAT LOT OF GkC UND, with the
IMPROVEMENT thereon. i'll the city OF
slexsndris, Virginia, bounded as follows !;
viz: 81 ginning on the west side of oiumbns
street one hundred ard seventy'slI feet seven
inches t116' nv south of t:ronoco street and
ruuui q thence south on Columbus street
twenty feet (20D; thence west pArsl ell with
Oroi oco street one hundred an tweniy-three
feet FIVE inches OPS 81; thence orth par
4ilel with Columbus street twenty feet GO;
thence east parallel with Oronoco street one
hundred ana twenty-thrce leet five inches
1928 81 10 the beginning, together with sill
sppurteus noes to the same belonging or III
suy wise appert-inng.
Terms of Sale Cash.
J. Il ZGMME; MAN,
i.FOfULD RI 6EN. Trustees.
CHARLES B. MARSHALL,
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E. & TAYLOR,

! hereby certify that the bond required by
the decree rendered on the 14th day i Feb
ru4ry. 1898, il the above entitled cause, has
been given by James (. Clements and E. B.
T-ylor commissioners OF sale.
sepl3 WV H.H.Y ING, Clerk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-19

a UCTION SALE OF VALUABLE M
~ Proved REAL ESTATE IN ALEX
ANDHlA COUNTY, YIBGI IA.
TIE u dersigned, specisl commissioners Of
safe, by virtue of the decree entered il the
ch4ncery cause Of J. Ford Thompson. gusId-
ian. etc, vs. Charles B Thompson Ell ais.
pendiI in the Circuit Court of Aexsnt;:s
county virginis, on the 14rh day # Febr
s-y, 1898. viii sell 1t public auction. on tn
premises, in Alexandria county. Virgins, on
MONDAY, OCTOBER 18th, 1898,
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Samuel J. Franklin
Memo. The object of this suit is TO sub
ect the real estate attached in III cause TO
the payment of the psntit's claim, amount.
ing to $50 with interest thereon from the
1st day OF July, 1898, til paid.
1t appearing b All affidavit fi,d in this
cause thst the defendant, Samuel :. Franklin,
is non.resd nj OF this State 1t is ordered
that the said defendant appear here within
fifteen days after the due publication OF this
order and do what is necessary 10 protect his
interests in this suit, and that a copy OF this
order be forthwith inserted i'll the Alexandria
Gazette newspaper published in the city OF
Alexandria, Va, once week for four sue
cessive weeks and posted at the 'front.' door
of the Court House of this city.
copy-Testc:
JOHN s. BEACH Clerk.
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At > D. ID.

the following described REAL ESTATE, i'm
proved by = TEN-ROOM DWELLING and
uCT-RI lLDINGS. about two miles west of
the AqUrduct Bridge, between Chelrydsle
p Q. ana Bsllston snd near the residence of
DR.. J. Tabor Johnston, situste IN the county
o. Alexsndr ia, Virginia. being All that tract
of land with the buildings and Improvements
there con. in his life time occupied hy Charles
thompson, deceased, containing four acres.
three ROOFS and thirty-four poles "A acres, )
DDS aud "a pres). IS will appear by deeds
of record " iher NJ. No. 4, ? 494, and liber
.. No !, lilo OF the land records of Alex
and1ia county, Virginia.
Terms Of Sale: One third OF the purchase
money cash. and the residue i'll two equal il :
sts.ments payable IN one and TWO years, evil.
dduced by the noes of the purchase with
interest from date OF sale, the title to said
and being reserved until final payment. All
costs Of transfer 10 be borne by the purchaser.
JANIS f CLEMENT. Commrs
E. 3 TAYLOR, of Sale.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

YNaE UNDE 9SIGNED having qual fed
/ as administrator OF JOHN R1BEkl =
:, N deceased, late of the county of Alcxsn-
dria. Virginia. requests al creditors to pre-
sent their claims, properly verified. To him.
or 70 his so icit,r and ali persons Indicted 10
the estate TO disch 4rge such Indebtedness.
tLEXAND.k Nick klCFAk, Admir-,
Genwood Gem terry. Washington, D. c.
MORGAN H. BEACH, Solicitor.
Fendsl Building, Washington d. c.
sep3O 1aw4w
VIRGINIA In the Clerks Otce of The
v operation Court of The city OF leXan-
dlIa. on the 18th day OF October, SOS
e zabeth A. Root by Edward &. Atwell, her
next friend vs.. arthur 4. Root. In
hancery.
Memo: The ohje t Of This suit is to obtain
a divorce viucuio matIim nj from ATthuT
3. uog
1t appearing by an affidavit filed in this
cause that the defendant, Arthur Z Root,
is not a resident of this State il is
ordered that the said defendant appear here
within fifteen days after due publication
OF his order and do what IS necessary 10
protect his interest in this suit and that a
,opy Of his order be for hwith inserted in
the Aexaudria GaZette. newspaper pub
lished i'll tie city OF alexandria, once week
for four successive weeks and be posted at the
front door of the Court House of this city.
A copy-teste;
Gardner L. Boothe p. q. oc11 wiw
VIRGINIA In the Clerks Office of the
' Corporation Court Of The city OF Alexan-
diiq, on the 10th day of October 1e9S.
7
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VIRGINIA In the Clerks Office of the
' Corporation Court Of the city OF Alexan-
dlia, on the 10th day of October, 1e9S.
Henry La Porte
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-06-24

tain fertilizers were found to exert
retarding influence on the germina-
ton Of a number of agricultural seeds.
Sulphate of ammonia, chloride and sui
plate of potash, nitrate of soda, and
ammoniated superphosphates, when In
contact with the seed, we're found TO
injuriously affect the termination or
seeds in general. The amount OF the
different chemicals used was in every
case considerably in excess OF the
quantity ordinarily applied to the SOIL
1t is claimed that the character OF the
soil on which seed wheat is grown
Will influence the production from that
seed. Seed grown on humus SOILS
should, for the best results, be sown
on clay soils. Seed from sandy SOILS
do best on clay or lime soils, and seed
from clay soils give the best yields
when sown on lime soils. How far
this principle will be of practical APP
plication cannot be stated, but when
better understood it may prove very
important.
The belief in the effect of a change
OF seed from one locality to another,
especially if it involves a transfer
from a northern to a southern region,
is so well grounded in common expe-
rience as to be frequently practiced in
many localities where the variety is
thought to be deteriorating. That this
belief is well founded seems warrant
ed from the results of many expert
ments. In France a transfer OF SEED
wheat was made and the product from
the northern-grown seed was in every
case heavier and better Limited ex-
periments with corn and cotton ct the
Alabama Station gave slightly better
yields from the more northern-gr grown
seed. Cooperative tests made in Mary
land and Vermont and tests at the Mis-
souri, and other stations with pota-
toes gave the best results from the
northern seed. In an extended series
of experiments reported in West Vir-
ginia Station report for 1896. in which
northern and southern seed potatoes
and hard wood cuttings were cOmpar-
ed, the more northern product almost
invariably gave more prompt germina-
ton and vigorous growth. Specimens
from Maine and New York were COM
pared to the advantage OF the former,
showing that but comparatively short
have their influence.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-06-24

In the Introductory to the March re-
port Of the Kansas State Board of
Agriculture Secretary Coburn says:
kansas farmers are learning year by
year that their business, if profitable,
must be so conducted that it is not
the mere playing Of a game Of chance
with the weather or with a single
crop; that a somewhat diversified, and
yet not too scattering, agriculture and
a studying of and adaptation to eli
matte conditions, the demands and the
markets are essential mot more, per-
haps, but as much) in Kansas as else
where. Those who most fully recog-
nize these conditions and most intelli-
gently respond to their inexorable re-
quirements are realizing a fair or
large prosperity. Others who persist
emily defy or deny them are ready to
declare that farming is no longer a
source of profit that farmers are slaves
of those in other pursuits, and that the
times are politically financially and
morally out Of joint. Although no vo-
cation is all pleasure or all profit, the
men who conduct the business of farm
ing with the same energy and skill as
the successful merchant or profession
al man will reap the same and, as a
rule, a greater and more certain meas
ure of reward the time has passed,
however, if it ever existed, when for
tunes were made by unskilled owners
of farms, large or small, anywhere.
Convincing proof of either proposition
can be found in almost any one of the
105 counties of Kansas. Muscle, to
win, must be fabricated with brains.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-06-24
SKATERS ARRIVAL.
Officials at Washington are Certain He is in
Santiago.

Washington, June 21.-No doubt is
entertained at either the war or navy
department that General Skaters ex-
petition has arrived safely off Santi-
ago by this time. 1t is believed that
the first of the transports arrived near
the blockading fleet Saturday night.
According to the plans arranged for
the debarkation, the fleet of trans
ports was to lie in a safe position I'M
til Sampson had cleared the way for a
landing The selection Of a landing
place has been left entirely to the
Judgment of Admiral Sampson and
General Shafter, and the first business
in order upon the arrival of the trans
port fleet off Santiago would be war
council between Admiral Sampson and
some of his naval captains On the one
hand and Major General Shafter and
his staff on the other, the purpose be-
ing to settle all the details of the de-
barkation.
Meanwhile the fleet OF transports
would lie out at sea at least ten miles,
beyond the blockading squadron, in
order to be entirely safe from attack
by Spanish torpedo boats.
The work of debarking the troops is
not to be one of hours but rathee days,
according to the opinion of army Off
GERS.
The army officials feel confident that
Shafter will make an effort to
open up cable communication as soon
as he has landed force, and they are
cablegram almost any mo-
ment announcing that he has sue
ceeded.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-06-24

1t used to be the plan among the
New England people to burn over a
piece of land when cucumbers were to
be planted Whether the addition of
the ashes from small fire had much
to do with the success OF the crop can
not be told. Probably the addition of
wood ashes to some soils might be a
benefit to the crop. To grow cucum-
bers successfully thorough manuring
and cultivation are necessary.
In the early spring the growers of Gu
cumbers for the market use immense
quantities of manure to force the
growth. 1t seems as if they will GER
tainly stand a high degree OF fertility
The seed should be sown in moist
ground. not in the dry soil just at top
of the hill The moist soil will assist
the termination. The more common
way is to make large hills and put
good lot of manure in the bottom, even
if the whole ground has been previous
" worked over with manure. The ma
nure in the hill should be deep enough
and there should be enough dirt above
It to prevent the tender roots coming
into contact with it. When the plant
is large the roots can feed on it at win
without injury.
To keep off the bugs till the plants
are large enough to take care of them
selves is always somewhat Of a prob
lem. There are various remedies Civ
en-, the using of tobacco dust. poisons
and so forth. But one of the most
satisfactory methods is to have some
light muslin cloth with which to cover
the hills till the plants get number
of coarse leaves. These cloths are
stretched over a frame and the ends
covered with the soil. Most of the in
sects feed on the tender leaves and
are not particularly interested IN the /
eoarser leaves that come later.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-06-24
THE FIRE AT PARK CITY.
1t Develops That the Loss VIII Not be al
Great as at First Supposed.

Tt Develops That the Loss VIII Not be "a
Great as at First Supposed.
Park City, June 21.-The people who
were burned out are being taken care
OF, and no one is wanting for food or
shelter. Many were the expressions of
sympathy and offers of financial aid
that came in yesterday to the people
who had just been made homeless, and
some of them, penniless.
As to the matter of insurance, there
is possibility that the amount carried
in the city will prove to be in nearer
proportion to the loss than was at first
supposed. Quite good deal of stock
in trade was saved from the different
business houses that were destroyed,
and number of people will commence
business again Immediately.
Several walls left standing have been
leveled by the use of giant powder.
Mayor j. H. Deming, who was out
in Stray berry on fishing outing, ar
rived at a. m, Monday and gave at
tention to whatever municipal action
was needed. The police and fire de-
partment, in conjunction with the
postoffice, were installed in D. C. Nc
Laughlins law Office.
The vaults of the First National bank
were opened and the contents found
to be uninjured.
Telephone communication was open
ed from the office of the Hopkins Coal
company, but the exchange will be es-
tablished in the Marsac office as soon
as a switchboard can be put in.
Hon. R. c. Chambers, vice president
of the Ascheim Mercantile company,
and Scion Spiro the manager, looked
at the ruins of the store yesterday.
Mr.. Spiro stated that, as Mr.. Ascheim
is in the east, nothing had been deter
mined upon definitely as to the Park
City store.
Four different drug firms, two OF
whom saved a portion of their stock,
will resume business at once.
Thompson & Jorgensen opened their
meat market opposite the store OF
Welsh, Driscoll & Back, in the quar-
ters formerly occupied by McPalin s. /
It is stated that they .
propose rebuilding at their old stand.
&. d. sutton & Co. commenced selling /
fresh meats in the waiting room of the
Union Pacific depot. The firm ex-
presses their intention of rebuilding on
the former site of their market. Smith
& Weller, butchers, started up bust
ness in Wilson's dwelling house. J. P.
Theriot will re-establish his meat mar
xet.
1t was reported here last night that
Thomas Kearns is contemplating the
erection of business block on the
site of Judge, Ivo~4 & Keith's livery
barn.
The Record saved one form of type
The entire file of the paper from the
lay it was started was destroyed.
The paper will resume publication.
All records of the lodges were saved.
some books of the county treasurer
we're lost, but the most valuable were
aved
Among those who were badly burned
n the fire are Mr. 4. S. McCarty, 0.
;. Lockhart and DIR. LIE Compile. Their
INJURIES, however, were not very Sc
ious.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-06-24

Localities Affect seed Termination.
A government report says that the
effect Of fertilizers, soil, and climate
on the termination OF seeds. and on
the character OF the product has been
studied to some extent in France. Ger
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-06-24

A contemporary says: Only a short
time ago a farmer gravely told us that
he believed a farmer would starve to
death on 40 acres Of land. And he
meant what he said. He had so acres
Of land and according to his own
statement the average yield of his
crops was: Wheat Is bushels to the
acre, corn 80; oats, 20; hay. three
fourths of a ton. A mile distant from
him lived a farmer whose land is al
most an exact counterpart of his. and
his crops average: Wheat, 80 bushels
70 the acre; corn, So; oats, so; hay.
tons It is not the quantity of land
that a man farms that counts, but the
quality of his farming. The fact that
a man can grow six tons of first-class
timothy hay on an acre shows the pos
sibilities of an acre that is thorough
~ titled. Nine-tenths of the land
that is sown into wheat is not more
han half prepared for the seed. sim
ply because the farmer believes in
acres rather than tillage.
Glover Meal-Clover hay has ap-
peared in the market in the form of
clover meal. This clover meal finds
special favor in pig feeding where it is
popularity used as an addition to skim
milk. 1t is also scalded and used for
calves. This clover meal, when scald-
ed. becomes soft and swells and has
been found very wholesome and nutri-
tiOus as well as highly relished by
young stock.-Ex.
Some one is advising fall-hatching
~ birds, but we believe that in this
latitude, except for broilers, the MAY
matches viii prove the most profitable.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-06-24
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRICULTURISTS.
Some Up-tO-Date Hints About Gull
tivation of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures yitlculture and
Horticulture.


Training Grapes.
2. G. Lodeman, in Department Of Ag-
riculture Report:
The Munson Systematic Munson
system is a modification of the over
head Kniffin. Instead of using only
one post to support the crosspiece upon
which the wires rest, two are set in;
these posts are in contact at their low
er end. but they diYerge so that at the
top they are about three feet apart.
! A wire is stretched along the upper
ends of each of these two rows OF
posts and between them, but somewhat
8 lower down third one is placed. 1t Is
held in position by wire which IS
swung between each pair of posts ana
which takes the place Of the cross
piece in the overhead Kniffin system.
These three wires therefore form v
shaped trellis, upon which the vines
rest. AS in the preceding system, the
head Of the vine is just below the
middle wire. and is fastened to it,;
but the number of buds is distributed
among only two to four canes, ana
these are all fastened to the central
wire and not to all the wires Of the
trellis. The bearing shoots at first
grow upright, but they soon bend over,
and many of the growing tips hang
down from the outer wire. The bear
ing portion, however, remains practi-
cally horizontal
The only summer pruning that is
practiced is to pinch off the ends OF
the bearing shoots after the plants
have blossomed. Summer tying is also
avoided, the shoots being pulled down
so that the growth beyond the bearing
portion may be pendent.
The Crittenden Systematic Crit
tenden system is successfully followed
in few vineyards. 1t is practically
the same as the overhead Knifin sys-
tenn, but differs essentially in the
height of the posts. One post and
crossbar bear the three wires. The
posts are scarcely four feet high, and
the wire trellis in some cases not much
more than three feet from the ground.
The vines fall freely over the side
wires, frequently making a very dense
shade under the trellis. This is, OF
course, undesirable on account OF the
favorable condition for the develop
ment of disease.
Prof Hugh n. Starnes of the Georgia
Experiment Station writes that one Of
the most promising systems FOR the
South is one which combines certain
features of the two preceding systems.
Only one post is used where two are
set according to the Munson system.
Across the top of this post a cross
piece is fastened, and from this three
wires are run the length Of the treilis.
These wires are placed in the form OF
V, and they are carried six or seven
feet above the ground. The canes
which produce the bearing shoots are
all trained along the central lower
wire, in which respect this system diff |
fers from the overhead Knildn as gen
orally followed.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-06-24

Some one is advising fall-hatching
q birds, but we believe that in this
latitude, except for broilers, the MAY
matches viii prove the most profitable.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22
POWER IN UNION.

The Marion, N. G., Messenger, Of last
week contains an article as full of hard
sense as an egg is full of meat. Every
newspaper in the State should publish
it, and every farmer in the State should
ponder over it. Keep it going.
IF any class Of men in the country
have a common interest in framing
and administering public policies,
euIely that may be said Of the farmers.
And, except where large cities are in
cluded, it would be difficult to point
out q town or county whose govern
ment the farmers could not command,
if they Wonld ''get together" and stand
together for their own interests. There
is not indeed a State of the Union
whose affairs they could noteasily con
troll. Other interests combine, and
make their power felt. A combination
Of farmers, on a just basis, would be
invincible at the polls. And there is
little reason to doubt that a wholesome
change might thus be effected. Nor
would it be necessary to build a new
party. They would need only to com,
bine and stand firm for Just measures
and good men-smiting the evil and
the doubtful with a strong hand. There
is little good in scolding and kicking
but there is potency in concert of
action"
This last statement is worthy of re-
petition. 1t is true that politicians
simply 'laugh in their sleeves" at the
calamity bowling grumbling and kick
ing of the farmers. But, let the far
mers unite and the power Tin concert
Of sction"WiIl make them tremble. Now,
do you know why the politicians wish
to keep the farmers and laborers from
! unitingH