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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-06-16
AUCTION SALES.
By z. F. KDox, Auctioneer.

GALE OF REAL ESTATE in ALEX w
- DRIA COUNTY, VlRGINlA.-By yir'
tue OF two decrees OF the United states (ir-
emit Cont for the Eastern District Of Virgin
ia, rendered on the Goth day Of December,
1894. and on the LIST dsy of September,
1896. in the chsncery cause therein depend
ing, wherein George W. Leach, who sues,
&c, IL complainant, and the Fidelity Build
iuc and Lean Association of Washington, ID.
C.. is defendant, the undersigned will expose
for sale at public auction on
TUESDAY,
the 10Th day OF June, 1900,
at s o'clock p. m. on the premises. the fol-
lowing described real estate 10 wit:
ALL THAT LOT OF GROUND WITH
THE IMPROVEMENTS thereon in the
county of Alexandria Virginia, and bounded
Ms follows to wit: Beginning at a stake on
the north side of the Arlington turnpike cor
ner to a one-acre lot sold by Allen Spencer TO
Daniel Broadhurst; thence n. 75t0 g. 1.S3t
chains TO q stall B, on the north side OF said
pike, about 81 poles west of the long branch
OF FouT-mile run thence n. 19t' w. ~
chains to a stake &c" corner OF one-hslf
acre lot sold by Allen Spencer to Joseph ID.
Butler; thence :. 751o W. 1.7S4 chains 10 ID,
line OF said lots. 1885 Q. 2.77 chains 10 the
place of beginning, containing one-half Of an
acre.
Terms Of Sale: Cash. All costs Of convey
ancing at the expense of the purchaser.
d UGLAsS STUART, Beceiver.
J.K. Norton. Attorney. my3O 70
DY VIRTUE OF A CERTAIN DEED OF
ID trust from william Dodson and wife to
the undersigned, trustees, dated January Z,
1897, and recorded in deed book V, No. A,
folio 1OS, one Of the land records of the
county of AlexsndIi', Virginia, and ct the
written request OF the party secured thereby,
We will sell at pubic auction on tho prem.
ises, at 8 O'clock p m on
MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1900.
the following described REAL ESTATE. sit
usted in Washington msgsterial district of
Alexandria county, Virginia, near Walker
Chapel, and being bounded by recent sur.
yey made by Thomas N. Carter, as follows
to wit Beginning at "a" on plat in q deed
from Robert Walker and wife to Whlism
Dodsor. q stone in the eastern line or edge OF
the Little Fal road, corner to Crumbsue his
land and lot sold by said Walker to Z. o.
Elliott thence with said lot and lot sold to
Susanna shipman north 1872 e. CSC chains
to "B," stone on the northwestern side Of
| the new Little Falls road, corner to s. Ship
mans lot; thence with said road 8. 360 west
| $50 chains to &C." stone on the north
western edge OF said road: thence north ga
| TO- W. 7 6 chains to the beginning, contain
ing acre and 81 8 poles of land, less small
portion sold to Shipmsn and also excepting
one. tenth of an acre sold by said Dodson snt
wife to Charles Lowe.
Terms of Sale: Cash. Convey ancing at cos
Of purchaser.
JAMES E CLEMENTS
HENRY w BARBOUR.
lei IA Trustees
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UyARFIELD q BALL,
DRUGGISTS.
CORNER PRINCE AND FAIRFAX sTt.
M

Prescriptions tpsoialU.
Engli.h, French, German and Ddsnest1e
Toilet Soaps; Genuine Farins Cologne5 Mag.
nolia, Hedyosimia qeranium and Florids
Water; Genuine Lubin's Extrscs; SpongeA
Hair Brushes and Combs best English Tooth
Brushes; a full assortment Of Patent Modi-
4ss Coxes Gelstine, Corn Starch, Sea MUss
Ea1ine, Spices Of ali kinds, and select stock
Of all articles sold by druggists at prices as low
a. the ssme quality can DO obtained elsdwhers
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HAvE YOU GIVEN Us THAT FAN
III ORDEK YETI We've already sold
more fans this season than hsye been sold 10
Alexandria during the past FIVE years Our
suggestion that a fan in summer is as neces.
ssry as a stove in winter was clincher Old
soPs guns are aiming this way. Better let us
III THOMPSON ELECTRIC COMPANY,
APT King street.
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WY A. JOHNSON & co.
WHOLEaALE GRO( ERs.
GENERAL COMMISSION d MERCHANTS
And Dealers Ia
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS
Have on hand Gibson's Xxx Xxx, xxx
and pure Old Bye, Old Cabinet and Monogram
Whiskies also Bakers and Thompsonb Pure
BYE WEiskies, to which they invite tie sttens
ton OF the trade.
Orders from the country for msrcandiss
,hall receive prompt attention.
Consignments Of Flour, Grain and Country
Produce solicited, fo1 which they guarantee
the highest market prices and prompt returns,
N. E. corner Cameron and Royal streets.
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DRUGGISTS.

CLARA L. LEADBRATER. q. O. LEADBEATE5
4. i. LhhDBEATER. J. LEADBEATEb,
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N. B. Same schedule Sundays commencing
at 9 30 q. m. ..,,
POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS-sTEAAM'
ER WAKEFIELD leaves Washington mol d 10
days at Z 90 q. n, and Alexandra st W
a. m, for landings as far as Nomini and ..
Wednesdays and Saturdays at same hours iO'
st. Clements Bay and Leonsrdtown
C. W. RIDLEY, General Manager
John B. PADGETT. ARent.
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Leave Washington Leave Alexsndrs.
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JET is
The Harrison times., 1900-06-23

Prof. Metchnikoff, of the Paris
Pasteur Institute. claims to have
discovered a series of lymphs,
which. by renewing or fortifying the
cellular tissue, viii p-olong life
indefinitely.
The Harrison times., 1900-06-23

local authorities can take care of
country against all comers.
One thing, at all events, is to be
considered in this connection, all ad-
verse criticism of the Arkansas field
has been to its advantage. This is
upon the principle of learning from
the attacks of an enemy certain
things 1t is necessary to know of
ones self. For it follows in conse-
quence of it, that being in earnest
their bearings corrected, chrouome-
tiers regulated and steam up) Ar
kansas is also to send forth "ships
that pass in the night" And the
chances are,yas ten to one in its
favor. that facts and romances of
fortune will have never plaved n
more general part in the history OF
any mining country of the Western
continent, the product of which was.
strictly, an economical ore.
M. l.. DEMALHER.
The Harrison times., 1900-06-23
Notes on the Declaration

Some at least, if not all. of the pa
trlots who took part in the work of
congress in 1776 and knew that they
were making history expected that
July 2, and not July 4, would be re-
cognized as the birthday of American
liberty. The Virginia delegates en-
tered congress under instructions to
propose declaration of the indepen-
dence of the colonies, and in Iunc
Thomas Jefferson was appointed
by congress chairma an of a committee
to draft a declaration. The spirit of
this declaration was, however, anti
cipated by Richard Henry Lees
famous resolution.
1t was July 2, 1776, that the Lee
resolution was passed that the united
colonies were, and of right ought to
be, free and independent states. On
July 4. after two days debate the Dec
laration of independence was read
and agreed to, but not signed. On
the following day copies were sent
out through all the colonies. On the
18th of July it was resolved that the
Declaration passed on the 4th be
fairly engrossed on parchment and
signed by every member. On the I'd
of a ..er..St lac nAa1.,--- 4 -:
by the majority. But not until the
4th of September of the same year
did the Hon. Matthew Thornton
sign it. There were a number of
Others who did not affix their sigma
lures until 1871, among them the
Hon. Thomas Kean.
Although the popular belief that
the Declaration was signed on July
4th is upheld explicitly by John
Adams, Thomas Jefferson and the
printed journal of the Continental
congress, yet no candid inquirer who
examines the evidence to disprove
the date can doubt that Adams and
Jefferson, though both present at the
session, and the printed journal,
though it bears the authenticity of
the official sanction, were grieyously
at fault.
The Harrison times., 1900-06-23

Another feature of the "tete a tete''
of the TIMES Mineral authority or
the TINES Expedition with the read
er, is to this effect:
While it was not so purposed in
the beginning, the personal charact-
er given to this article, the object in
allowing it to renal as it is, is for
the purpose of con veying this as
surance: That the special efforts OF
HINES to make known to the public
inside facts of the Arkansas field.
carries with it a certain conscien-
tlonsneSs, added to a technical and
personal kno wledge of the country
dwelt upon in the course of its field
reports.
This, it is, which has brought in
vestors to the country, when other
means had failed to attract general
notice to its mineral resources. And
since it does not fail, the correspond
ence between facts in the case and
the detailed information furnished
to the public, this circumstance
should, at least, have the effect of
leaving the benefit of a doubt with
the Arkansas field, if the individual.
to whom it is made known, is not
convinced of the rich mineral
character of the country. 1t looks
this way to the man who has been
on the ground, summer and winter
through, since the present develop-
ment began; and who, beside
knows whereof he speaks, or in be-
half of whose reports it is frankly
admitted by investors that thev hold
as 'twere a mirror up to nature
But there is another than a per-
sonal side to the case, which is that
OF the mineral character of the coun-
try, irrespective of any special or in
dividual study made OF it, Any one
mans judgement of its merits may
have been biassed by theories,
The Harrison times., 1900-06-23

uec TOO long, and the losses and dis
sk tintments of mere spectators
and Hiiarks, As result, charged
against the mineral character of the
country. But they were driven to
cover all the same, and the country,
saved the reaction in prices of miner
al property, that would have follow
ed, short of railroad connections
necessary to the opening of mines
and the erection of milling plants.
These facts, and the influence of
the TINES as an authority in the
premises, were not taken into ac-
count. either by these promoters, or
by investors in general, or by our
home people, and for a time things
have been looking blue. But there
has never been point in the game
where the paper or its mineral au-
thority were disconnected by events.
There was but one mark to which
the two had set their faces: The de-
velopment of the country to be a
success would have to take the
course its conditions called for legiti
mately. Any other view of it was
out OF the question, if the country
was to be saved, IN its business his
tory, from its friends as from its enc
mics. And the consequence of the
effort to put on brakes, when it was
necessary, is seen in the present sta
tus of the zinc belt, which is that of
its mineral resources winning out in
the appreciation of capitalists who
give character to new ore fields by
their investment in mines and in rail-
reads.
The Harrison times., 1900-06-23
Judge Taft, of the Philippine Com

Judge Taft, of the Philippine Com
mission, has conferred with high
army officers in Manila, who urge
that large army will be necessary
to suppress the insurrection. This
appears in the same papers with
General Otis statement that the
"insurrection is practically over"
Late Associated Press dispatches also
inform us that the Fillipinos have an
organization that collects taxes in
the city of Manila, and gives receipts
for duties paid on the cargoes of
native vessels passing up the river in
the immediate suburbs of the city"
The United States, after all the waste
of men and money, actually control
no territory outside the picket lines.
The Harrison times., 1900-06-23
Advertising Rates.
One inch per year So.

One inch per year $500.
On Contract for Six months, 65 per cent
Oh annual rate. and for 3 months 35 DIR cent.
On contracts for to inches. 20 pr cent
un Ia oI annual rates. On contracts for to
~ inches so per cent off of annual rates
10 10 lS inches CD per cent off annual rates.
2pecial position 20 per cent additional
Locals 10 cents per line first insertion. g
cents second and 2h cents thereafter.
exceed six lines free. ali over that amonnt
10 cents per line "'"o""'
professional cards Sc per annum.
The Harrison times., 1900-06-23

1t is, on the other hand, not clear
3 the minds of some people, why it
that the mineral of the country
lad escaped the notice of the public
br SO long time!
This question is thought to be a
poser in some quarters, and sprung
when in a mixed crowd, in some COM
distant from the scene, it is
The Harrison times., 1900-06-23

Dun's Review last week made the
startling announcement that the
failures during the month of May
were not only the largest ever known
in that month since such records
have been kept, but that out ot
eighty months covered by Dun.
records, only six have shown as
large liabilities. And our esteemed
republican contemporaries not only
fail to account for these conditions,
but try to draw comfort from them.
The Harrison times., 1900-06-23

vi criticisms made of the Arkansas
held: One thing is certain in such
cases, merely to talk" back at the
Joplin crowd, or to call peonIe
names, does not prove ANYTHING.
Such procedure only places North
Arkansas in the category of the Jop-
lin field, whose mine owners, mineral
sharks and real estate men grow red
IN the face, and whose neck< swell
abnormally, when comparisons are
made with other zinc territory.
If any notice is to be taken OF
groundless attacks ,on the country,
let it be done intelligently, and the
so-called authority tracked, step by
step. through all the country and TO
all mines visited 1t is the course de-
manded by facts in the case, and if
carried out on lines lately underta-
ken by the TIMES in the case of the
Buffalo invert, nothing more will be
heard of such adverse criticisms. and
the investors become satisfied that
The Harrison times., 1900-06-23

1t was, in the outset of course, tt
be taken for granted that some con
siderable activity in mineral land.
would follow IN consequence of {
successful advertisement of the coun
try. But it would have been, at an,
time during the past IA months, /;
mistake to have entertained the ide:
of a boom" so-called taking tn
place of a conservative development
of the country.
1t was largely to the end, of re
pressing a tendency to undue excit-
ment and to inflated prices, that 6e1
operations of the TIMES were s,S
pended for several months beginning
with October of last year. 1t WAS
seen that certain unscrupulous spc-
ulators has gotten in on the grorid
floor. temporarily, who intended to
run the race through with the It's
in their teeth, no matter whether he
country or its people were damaed
by it. And in consequence. havig
in large part steered as well as
Launched the development of he
county, all that was necessary. to
block the race. which was done, vas
the withdrawal of the TIMES; sice
which time every precaution ias
been taken to prevent such "oTra-
tors" getting the upper hand othe
country. ;.
1t is true, to a certain extes that
the neriod of repression was cdJn-
The Harrison times., 1900-06-23
(TIMEs Special Exploring Expedition }
HARRISON, Ark, JUNE 1S, SO,

CTIMES Special Exploring Expedition.D
HARRISON, ARK, JUNE 1S, 500
While there is no desire on the part
OF the TIMES Mineral Department to
appear optimistic. when readers o!
the paper for good cause have on
their study caps. there is one injunc-
tion to be uttered by it, which is to
this effect: Hasten slowly toward
any conclusion which tends to the
discredit of zinc mining. as an indus
try upon the development of which
it will be practical BILE to build up this
part of the state.
The conditions favoring zinc min
ing in this state are different from
those of the Joplin field, where the
cost of mined products is in excess
of all other zinc territory. And due
to this fact, it follows, in all cases
where investors have become dissat-
isfied with the results of their invest
ments in the Joplin field. that such
capital will take part in the develop
ment of our Arkansas mines; simply
because there is big money in zinc
mining, other things being equal
This is not taking advantage of
the situation in the Joplin field. Nor
is it intended to profit by the mis-
fortune to zinc mining in that terri
tory, since the collision of the smell
ter men and producers began during
last year. For the time is fast ap-
preaching when answer must be
made to this question: Whether the
cost of mining in Arkansas will be
reduced sufficiently to pay the pro-
ducer, and at the same time reduce
the cost of zinc sufficiently to extend
the uses OF the metal to many OF the
industries from which it is now ex-
cluded by reason of its price.
The reduced cost of zinc, or the
reduced cost of producing zinc. thus
enlarging its uses) is the problem
Arkansas is to solve All conditions
of the country favor its satisfactory
solution. Mineral properties, to be-
gin with, are cheaper. Exposed or
mountain side ores are latterly shown
to be backed by body mineral, as
great in extent as found below the
water line of zinc countries in gener-
al. Water level zine mines are be-
coming as plentiful as surface mines.
Labor is cheaper and better content
ed, being largely to the manor born.
And, upon the whole, rather than
become discouraged over the troub-
les of other mine owners and other
territory, our people should follow
the example of outsiders who have,
in common advanced the price of
their Arkansas properties. A tip
has been, at all events, passed around
at eastern centers; and the proof of
it is found in class of buyers now
headed this way, with the advance
guard already in the field, who not
only expect to pay good prices tor
property their expert examiners ap-
prove, but who never make their APP
pearance in a new mineral field until
certain conditions and advantages
ensure its development
The Harrison times., 1900-06-23

The last house of representatives
was in session 1877 days. During
the session 1852 bills were intro
duced. of which 1915 passed. OF
these 2S3 were public and SO private
acts. If the reader will study care
fully the measures that became laws
he will discover that but few effect
the public good. while by far the
larger number of those introduced
were intended for campaign pur-
poses.
The Harrison times., 1900-06-23

The greatest trouble, in the cours,
of the development of the zinc field
is that of all facts in the case not
being understood, twithstandine
the movement has been under full
headway during the past ID months
In some quarters it is taken for
granted that there is nothing to it,
the mineral bearing character of the
country; or that it is described ex-
travagantly for the purpose ofcatch-
ing suckers, if not for the purpose OF
inducing railroad construction into
the country.
In other quarters it is thought
that the subject is Intentionally
magnihed, or carried out of the
reach of common sense and reason.
And it is in consequence of these in
equalities to the occasion, that there
is no 'knocker" like that of the
native, when at himself and the
stranger predisposed to lend an ear
to the tomfoolery of such an
authority. This is on the inside.
1t is frequently no better on the
outside. Strangers take in the
country, only to mistake the weari-
Tess of body and mind, consequent
ipon the sightseeing and overland
;our of a mountain country, for an
accumulation of so much evidence
against the mineral character of the
I.ountry. This means that there
Was lack of good business Judge
nent to begin with, and it is mat
;er of wonder that such people
lind their way home, after leaving it.
For it is the rule, and not the ex-
ception to it, that all of the good
things" on the market during the
past year were promptly taken up
by ordinary everyday business men
from the outside And the result is,
that the business acumen for which
they are esteemed at home, had not
deserted them. when buying mineral
properties in a new field; though in
tact they were no more experts in
mineralogy than they would be IN
the science OF astronomy. But they
had come into the country for the
purpose of investing a few spare
dollars in mineral properties; and
lacking their everyday Judgment of
the situation with their money. day
tpon day, their property gained in
nlue, until at the present time they
can cash in their holdings at three
p ten fold the amount put into their
lvestments. So
The Harrison times., 1900-06-23

taken as the utterance of either {
when it is, of truth, a kind of foo
question sometimes propounded by
children and idiots But it has it:
effect, for it excites a natural suspic
ion against so-called mining booms
after which it does no good to tall
to man SO aroused, than it would
do good to talk to the moon. This
is on the outside.
1t is, on the inside, not one whit
better, if the local inhabitant is ot
the same turn of mind. For ii is the
rule in such cases, ifhe does not in the
beginning work up enough energy
and curiosity to set himself right up
on : subject vital to the interests ot
his country he is not likely to do so
until forced to it by the tide of in
vestment which carries him along
with 1t, only to prove how great an
ass he had been all these many wears.
In both cases, there is applied to a
matter OF great moment to the
country and to the public, the half
bushel measure with which in
dividuals, in private, try the motives
and actions of outsiders and of
their neighbors. II does not occur
to the one class, that all there is to
do, to get right. is to read up on
such things, and if still at sea after
they have gone so far with their in
vestigations, not to rush in where
angels fear to tread And in the
case of the other class, it is remark
able how impossible it is to get
through their heads, this simple pro-
position: That if a thing is without
a bottom to it, in these time of
practical everyday knocks, no
amount of astuteness could keep it
from going to the wall, even though
every inhabitant in the state tried
their hand in its preservation.
1t is, in fact, only in this respect, of
having always to 'sail against the
wind, !" that the work of the TIMES
mineral Department, becomes weari-
some to the man who, to fit himself
for the place of an authority in the
premises, had studied the Arkansas
field for 80 years; and who, save and
excepting small number of pro-
peruies opened u,sri",-.L. ,-..-es~~
months. had time and again visited
every mine, shaft, opening and dump
pile found in the zinc field ofthe state.
And of a verify, when saving.
sailing against the wind" more is
meant than is expressed on the sur
face. The mineral authority of the
TIMES is not, by long odds, an
C1IibiiSI lis VIEWS Oh the Ar
kansas field. There is behind his
sanguinity, a certain conscientious
conviction, or a certain accumula-
tion of evidence, through the means
of personal investigation, compari-
son, judgement and experiency which
in common makes men reliable wit
nesses among their fellows. And,
after all this has been shown, then
to have to go over the same thing
again and again, because a certain
responsibility attaches as disin-
terested promoter of the develop
ment, is enough to try the patience
of saint.