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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-24

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-24

EOREIGN AND DOMESTIC MINERAL
~ WATERS.
STAFFORD,
GENEVA LITHIA,
COLUMBIA LITHIA,
BUFFALO LITHIA,
LONDONDERRY LITHIA.
OTTERBURN LITHIA,
APOLLINARIs,
HUNYADI,
RUBINAT,
VERONICA and TATE EPSON SPRING.
constantly on hand ct
WAKEFIELD & HALLS,
Corner Prince and Fairfax streets
THO CLOSE THEN OUT.
Il MAsOlIS
HALF-GALLON FRUIT JARS
60c per dozen.
JELLY GLASSES 25c per dozen.
w. p. WOOLLS & SON.
DOLK MILLER's
Il ITALIAN INSECT POWDER
A fresh supply today at
WAKEFIELD & HALLS,
Corner Prince and Fairfax streets
KIPPERED HERRING Just received by
~ J q kILBURA,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-24

DALO ALTO CARNATION PINK re-
l. ceived today by
WAKEFIELD & HALL,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-24

100 DOZEN BROOMS for sale at lon
AVV or prices by &c. AILBURN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-24

VTERY FINE VIRGINIA CREAMERY
BUTTER for sale at
&c AILRURN's.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17
VAN w YCK.

The august Augustus mayor of New York City has
grief from association with hungry horde of vampires
whose highest and ambition is the getting of money Mon
they base the however dark the
methods employed Van Wy became possessed of blocks of
stock the ice trust He declared that he paid for the stock
with money borrowed from bank The president of
said bank fatty contTadcted the august Augustus who wrg
ged and writhed and wrthed and wrgged but to avail
The damned spot would The august Augustus lied
his sin found him out Call it Crust if you WILL but
a stronger which better BELTS that colossal
bination the Ice Trust 1t conspiracy
into by horde of INSCRIPTIONS for the purpose
putting money in their purses Men who rivers Of gold
and of silver in this unhoy and ungody scheme
That the conspraor might not meet with opposition from the
powers that be- they proceeded corrupt them beginning at
the fountain Big blocks of stock found their way into
the pockets of the august Augustusother officials including
several who the judicial ermine also literally
membered The way being clear the conpraors their
operation Sixty for ice which could be sold
for thirty cents fair profit The conspraors overreached
themselves The outraged people masse in grand
bowling protest Investigation followed The world knows
the And Gov Roosevelt has decreed that the
gust Augustus must step down and out
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17
LET US BE JUST.

reader of the HATcET knows that the
uncompromng straight out and avowed friend of organized
labo that it occupies middle ground has begged
question plead the baby act has fought out this
line from rising of the the going down of the
same year in and year until have grown DID, and
withered sands OF life well nigh run OUT still were never
fanacal supported simply because it emf
mated from the headquarters of labor organizations, but
analysed and dsected it until satisfied that its operations
accomplish the greatest of good the largest
number of people In which event campioned the
ure and abated zone ttte Of zeal until it
carried by the wayside Now confronted by
local measure viz the closing of the stores at Sat
urdays This have always opposed and shall continue to
do The clerks do it, the people do not want it
then why try enforce obnoxious the parties
concerned9 The closing of the stores at every day
save Saturday is wise and beneficial measure and
shall contend for its continuance but the o'clock closing
Saturday, nasmuch not general is unjust discrm
nation against of best merchants hardship to
thousands poor people and therefore should be abolished
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17

and slipping your head under it, re-
tanning your left-hand grip on his right
elbow, seize his right leg from behind,
at the knee joint. Lift him, rising as
you do so, pulling his right knee to-
ward you and twisting him in such Il
manner that he cannot use his left leg
as a brace. BY quicknesS you may
throw him square on his back in this
fashion.
A strangle lock consists in placing
one forearm against the front of your
adversary's throat, A single arm thus
used is known as half-strangle.
When the second arm is at the same
time behind his neck in like manner
it is known as the full strange lock.
This is well worked in connection
with the "back heel" Secure a stran-
gle hold. come to close quarters, slip
ping your left heel behind his right,
rushing him forward as you do so. a
break for this is jump back or sidestep
before the aggressOr can get the back
heel, catch him about the waist and
lift him, turning your head and neck,
or else twist suddenly from the stran-
gle hold before he has time to tighten
it,
One of the best known of holds Is
the half-Nelson. slip to the rear of
your opponent (either through some
hold or in manoeuvling or in some 9th
err way. slip your right arm under the
other mans right arm as near his arm
pit as you can and around over the
back of his neck, throwing at the same
time your free arm about his waist
and lifting him with it from The
ground. BY Strengthening out your
right arm. which is under his and
around his neck. sway him to the side
and throw him.
A full-Nelson or double Nelson is
when you pass both arms under the
other mans arms from behind and
pass both hands behind his neck. This
gives a terrific leverage, and, unless
he can get free, is apt to place him at
your mercy.
A break for the half or double Mel
son is to drop down, slipping your
head out of the hold before it can he
made secure.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17
A Mastery Stratagem.

Two gunners, one a young Irishman
unaccustomed to handling a fowling
piece, the other a sharpshooter were
in quest Of ducks in the marshes just
south Of Marcus Hook. They had
aoated their decoys and were patient
ly awaiting the coming of the game
when, on a sudden impulse, the dis.
ciple of the shamrock put gun to
shoulder and fired both barrels into
the midst of the floating flock of MINI
ic ducks. In answer to an expostula-
ton from his companion the offender
replied:
ITS yureself that hoz no sagacity
at all. Faith, when tn birds see what
a d bad shot l am they'll think
you're no betther, an it's a boatload
ov ducks We'll be afther takin' home,
dye d?'-Philadelp Inquirer.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17
Local..

Mr.. Kraemer deals in Hats and
Mems Furnishings only. His store
is one of the handsomest in the city,
and as he confines himself to the two
lines mentioned exclusively, you
will find the article sought for in the
proper style, shape, ana coloring and
of the proper material, best make, at
the lowest possible price for a strictly
irst-class aarticle. For reliability
and absolute sqvare dealing Henry
Kramer stands in the front rank.
For Pure Rye Whiskey "Brad-
dock" is a leader, and is prescribed
by physicians as a cure for consump>
ton.
Heurich's beer is the purest in the
market, as can be tested in the Extra
Pale Lager bottled by the Arlington
Rottling Co., 9th and X streets
northwest.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17

out of the saddle close to the side
wall so that the audience might not
see that he was injured. That is Nc
Ginty's way of doing things.
Although the most silent and unas-
Stunning man in the Rough Riders, Nc
Ginty probably had a wider circle of
friends among the members of the
regiment than any other man who
was in the ranks. He found favor
with his comrades while they were
drilling at San Antonio by the char
acteristic humor Of a reply that he
made to Colonel Leonard Wood.
The cowboys of the regiment were
more accustomed to the saddle than to
walking, and they found difficulty in
keeping step, McGinty was a particu-
larly arrant offender, and at length
the commander directed a particu-
larly sharp query in his direction,
asking him if he could not possibly
keep in step with the other men.
I'm afraid can't sir" said McGin-
ty, saluting respectfully; "but if you'll
give me a horse can keep step with
the best Of them"
McGinty is a representative of a
rapidly disappearing profession-that
of the "bronco buster" No man who
has not tried to remain for two min
utes atop one of the genuine man
killers" of the Western plains can
realize what that means. Major"
Burke, who is an authority on the sub
ject, says that men in that business
do not last for more than a dozen
years on the average Aside from his
present serious injury, McGinty is still
strong and wiry, but at different per-
iods of his career he has had dozen
or more individual and separate bones
broken in the course of his encounters.
at isn't business a man would nat
urally pick out" said McGinty, in dis
cussing his occupation, "but I sort Of
drifted into it. | started out as
cow puncher, and, of course, it was a
part of our work to break the range
horses to saddle. When they found
out that | could stick onto a bucker
pltlNg MNil lhNg saw anu
harder ones to try. That's the way
I got into the work. / rode broncos
all along the Pecos River. l rode Alb
IN one year that l kept account of.
You never can tell what one of these
outlaws as we call them down in
Texas may do. The one that smashed
my leg the other night has a trick Of
shutting his eyes tight and making a
wild leap. That was the way he run
into the wall. OF course the buckers
used are the very worst that can be
obtained. They all have records and
are bought for that purpose. They
get worse instead of better as time
goes on. as a general rule. The horse
was just speaking of had only been
mounted once before the other night,
so | am not predicting what he may
accomplish before he gets through
with me-"
McGinty said this as though he were
talking about the weather. But Nc
Ginty is not theatrical or spectacular.
He is one of the everyday heroes.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17

gins, Tor all rOaGs roucnlng the county
seat From the end nearest to it for all
roads which do not lead to the county
seat the measurement commences.
Each mile is divided into ten equal
parts of imaginary blocks, having only
n frontage. Each block has two mum.
bers assigned to it, the odd numbers
on the left and the even ones on the
right. Commencing at the beginning OF
the road on the left, the blocks are
then numbered. This gives ten blocks
and twenty numbers to the mile.
AS may be seen from these numbers.
distances may he very quickly and cas-.
lily calculated from them. Divide the
even numbers by two, and again by
ten, or point off one decimal, and you
have the distance i'm miles and tenths
from the commencement of the road,
to the completion of the block indica-
ted by the number; thus SOC indicates
40.3 miles.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17
WRESTLING.
How to Achieve Success In the Neck
and Arm Hold.


Several good throws can be accom-
plished while both men are engag d
in the meek and arm hold" or "reter-
ee's hold" says Ernest Roeber in an
exchange. one arm Of each is about
the other mans neck the free hand
grasping the opponents arm near the
elbow or his body lie ow the arm. Man
oeuvring is done with the feet and
body.
Break away from this position, Slip
ping your right hand from the other
mans neck to his left arm near the
elbow, bringing your left hand down
on his left shoulder, so that your left
forearm lies partly across his neck, At
the same time slip your left leg around
outside his left leg, and behind IT,
bringing 1t to the "back heel' attitude
described i'm former lesson Pull
his arm toward you with your right
hand, press back his shoulder with
your left, and throw him To avoid
this, throw left leg to the left to block
the back heel, and try to get your fore
arm under the aggresOr's chin.
Again Of you are the aggressor and
have the referees hold,D wait till
the other man straightens up some
what, sink on your right knee, at the
same time pushing up the arm of your
adversary which Is around your neck
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17
RIDES VICIOUS BRONCOS.
But McGinty at Last Met More
Than His Master.
HE HAS A CRUSHED LEG.

How He Lost His Seat But Did Not
Lose His Nerve-MoGlnty Was One
of the Most Modest Of the Rough
Riders.
The bucking bronco of the West Is
more dangerous than Spanish bullets,
according to William McGinty, who
has had experience of both. McGinty
was one of the famous band of Rough
Riders who charged up San Juan Hill
on a certain memorable occasion near
ly two years ago. More recently he
has been engaged nightly in charging
up the miniature San Juan Hill in
Madison Square Garden, New York,
along with the other troopers and cow
boys of the "Wild West" show. AT
present he is laid up with a crushed
leg, as the result Of a close range en-
gagement with one of the prize buck
ers" Of the outfit.
McGinty was not thrown. The horse
has yet to come out of Texas that can
unseat the diminutive trooper once he
gets his leg over the saddle. This
particular animal however, being full
of original ideas, as well as a devil
incarnate, thought to rid himself of
his unwelcome rider by a flying side
wise leap. In the course Of this leap
he brought up against the side fence
of the arena. McGinty's leg was be-
tween the wall and the horse. One
bone was snapped short off, and the
other was crushed, The little man did
his turn" rode the four footed cata-
putt across the arena and then slid
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17
JUSTICE Q)

execution of this the cruel and aocious of
derers has been stayed till the Doth inst The laws delay in
this may operate add the of this miserable
bringing fend in human guse Crime in all its hdeous de-
formty made manifest in the act OF this did
say9 We apologize the entire human of the masculine
gender-Brue that's the word which should have been
poyed And there who sympathe with this
inhuman wretch Such maudln sympathy is positive evidence
serious mental arrangement True the execution Smell
restore the beautiful child Lizzie Weenberge the
bosom of her loving mother return her again to the
of aged and dotng father but the suspendng of the
moth brute between heaven and earth being unworthy
either may be fearful lesson to all whose british Bopens
ties might lead them into the commission Of similar
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17
A GOOD IDEA.
Scheme Of Cyclists for Numbering
Farm Houses.

Scheme of Cyclists for Numbering
Farm Houses.
A method of numbering houses along
country roads, and naming the roads
has been devised by a Californian
named A. l.. Bancroft, that enables cy-
clists, drivers and other travellers to
find any farm house readily, and to de-
termine distance as they travel. The
scheme, which is known as the ten
block SYSTEM" is finding favor in the
West and South. The promoting Of the
idea is something that would fall di.'
rectly in line witt the work of the
League of American Wheelmen, who
have prevailed upon County Commits
sioners in various sections to construct
good roads which now have no desig-
nation by which a tourist, be he wheel
man, horseman or automObilist, can be
guided in search for it. A correspOn.
dent of the Los Angeles Herald thus
explains the ten block system"
1t is to be remembered that this sys-
tenn is for the roads of an entire coun.
ty. The first step is to put them In the
best shape for naming, arranging the
stretches of roads to be known by the
same name in as long lengths as prac-
ticable Then make n systematic, des-
criptive list of them, arranged accord
ing to location, and for convenience Of
reference number the roads in the list.
They are then ready to have the per
manent names applied to them. They
are also ready TO be measured and
blocked.
The centre of the system is the
County Court House, which Is the
point from which the measurement be-
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17
Hard on Our Roads.

William Reymon, Of Cleves, Md,
who has just completed cycling trip
around the world, says the roads I'm
this country are, on the average, the
worst he encountered He spent three
years on the trip, and rode a machine
which weighed 62 pounds, He will
now prepare to deliver lectures upon
the trip, illustrated by pictures which
he took en- route. He secured in all
about 200 photographs
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17
FUNK.

wretch convicted of the murder of old who had be-
frended him. Who also attempted murder his victims wife
This is absolute fend, who confesses to
crimes but denies having killed aged Mr. Brooks for which
deed he is be hanged the Goth inst With the utmost
sang frod he that hanged ALL Che doesn't yet be-
eve that will hang will be for crimes other than that of
which stands convicted With all his bravado Funk
thees pooon in that he attempted by ingenious invention
to asten crime of which he has been found guilty
daughter of his aged victim This outrageous attempt
have weak defenseess suffer for his dasardy deed
the browning and evidence of his total depravity
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17

Thomas w. Davis. of Peoria, ILL.,,
Tough ~ years of age, has been for
leven years an enthusiastic bicycle
rider, and during that time he has
piled up a mileage OF over 1900 miles.
He is still riding, AMI finds the recrea.
lion and exercise mast beneficial.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17
FOR SALE!
STOCK AND DAIRY FARM.
MAGNOLIA Farm
PRINCE GO C: CO.,
MARYLAND.

Containing 325 acres in high
state of cultivation. One of the
finest stock farms in the County
Adapted to hay and a good tracking
farm. 1000 select peach trees, four
years old, laden with peaches 800
apple trees, 80 pear trees and their
fruit, running water in every field,
several fine springs on the farm, and
we'll in the yard and one at barn.
Dwelling new, built three years ago,
lin 1889 cost $4,000, nine rooms,
Fine corn house, and grainery, will
hold 1000 barrels corn, and all nec>
essary out buildings. Two tenant
houses, one new, just built, A rooms.
Plenty good timber, white oak and
chestnut, all under good fencing.
Can stand in yard and see all over
the farm. II miles from Washing.
ton, A miles from three railroad sta
tions, 3 A mile from school, l mile
from Post Office and church; in a
healthy and good neighborhood, and
a good turnpike all the way to WASH
ington. Six miles from Marlboro,
the County seat. Churches of all
denominations.
PRICE, $10,50000.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17
Seven Gu. Of EIGHT.

Eight married reserve men, who all
lived in a certain small street in the
west of London. were sent out to the
front at the commencement of the
Boer campaign. News has come to
hand that seven Of the eight have
been killed. while the other is dan
gerously wounded.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17

Sixty conventions VIII DE heii IN
Milwaukee this year. They were near
ly all secured by the Citizens Bust.
ness League, which last year brought
conventions to Milwaukee which were
worth 100000 to the city. So sue.
cessful has the league been this year
that not an open date for convention
remains between May and Sept l.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17

OF all classes in America, it is the
women who are most rabid in their
zeal for reform. During the last thirty
years there has been scarcely a belief,
a custom or a prejudice which they
have not trampled under foot on their
noisy march to victory,--Ladies' Home
Journal.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17

1t is ascertained on scientific data
that the air resistance to a railway
train of average weight moving sixty
miles an hour is 1874 pounds-near.
ly six tons.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17
Unpopular With the Roers.

Probably the responsibility for the
Boer war rests more upon Cecil
Rhodes and John Hayes Hammond,
an American mining engineer, than
upon any other persons. It will be
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17

The vndctveness with which this creature been
citizen of this country but few years. is pursuing Col Henry
May soldier and gentleman also native and to the
nauseang and disgusting every decent resident of
District of Columbia The martinez civilian political brig
who oathed and despsed by the file who
served under him during the Spanish American still
pursuing tactics which him hateful subod
those evenul days Fortunate for Harres and un
the District Guard whilst holding
the trenches in front of Santiago not in any
pronounced engagement else the chances are big odds
that aforesaid Hares would be here today to
comparison with himself every essential of man
hood is a Hyperion to a Satyr
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17

A nugget taken from one of the
Joplin, Mo-, zinc mines the other day
weighed an even ton. This sparkler
was principally Of zinc ore. trimmed in
calcite, mink snar and cubes of galena,
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-17

remembered that Hammond took a
prominent part in the celebrated
Jameson raid, and he is one of the
worst hated men in the land ruled by
Kruger.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-07-19
The Assessment.

Inc editor OF the Webster World sees
a deep-dyed plot in the effort to procure
a uniform assessment in accordance with
tho law.
II Mr.. Slovenian will be patient. we
viii tell him all about it:
In stud wing the assessment If lac,
TINS writer Was impressed with the vast
amount of property in the stat. which
escapes taxation. Furthermore. that n
some counties there was a strong disno.
sition to list property on a varyi,p ner.
centage-some articles being assessed as
~" as Ten per cen OF It's real value and
o'her property IN the same county being
assessed at one hundred per cent. Nat.
araiiy there was a firm belief in a chance
TOT Improvement. The belief was aug.
mented by correspondence with ,ea
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-07-19

The Kansas City convention at
tempted to square a circle when II
tried TO construct a sound money
fir, e-silver platform and nominate a
pair of free silver-sound-mon can
didates. The two things will not
mix. One is right and the other is
wrong; and no amount of word Jug
Cling, wool pulling, hedging or
evasion a deceive the people,
Those who sincerely believe in the
free and unlimited coinage of silver
at the ratio of 16 to l., without
awaiting the aid or cooperation OF
any other nation on earth, should
vote for Bryan, for he is pledged to
that very thing. All other citizens
of the Republic, no matter what
their previous political affiliations
may have been, should and must
unite against that financial heresy,
which if adopted, would plunge the
country into a state of business an
arohy such as has never been ex,
perienced by any people since the
invention of coined money.