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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-07-05
STEAMERS.
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palatial Steel Steamers
POTOMAC AND NORTHUMBERLAND.
Cuisine and appointments unexcelled.
FOR BALTIMORE AND ALL THE USUAL
RIVER LANDINGS.
EVERY TUESDAY. THURSDAY AND
SUNDAY AT 4:30 P. NJ.
Freight solicited and handled with care.
This is delightful summer excursion
trip down the Potomsc and up Chesapeake
Bay.
Single fare to Baltimore, 81; round trip,
So ststerooms one way, 81. Meals, soc.
Tickets good TO return on either steamer.
VIM. NJ. REARDON. Agent,
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WAsHINGTON STEAMBOAT COM.
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Round Trip, 15 Cents.
In effect on and after MONDAY, September
10, 1898.
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ARNOLD's BROMO-CELERY. Try this
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-07-05
AUCTION SALES.
NALE OF STOCK AND BONDS.

- ALE W SlOOh AND BONDS.
will sell 81 public suction, for cash, on
TUESDAY, July TO- 1900, at 10 o'clock o.
tho Msrbet Building, Alexandria, Va, the
follows slecks and bonds, viz:
40 Shares OF FIRST National Bank Of Alexsn.
dris, VS. stock.
23s shsres Alexsndria Water Co Stock.
$500 Va Midland Railway per cent.
Bonds, due March L, 1911.
JAMES 3. CATION,
Admir- d. b. n. c. {. a. John P. Emerson, decd.
Iy2 I'd
VALUABLE BUSINESS PROPERTY TO
BE BOLD TO SETTLE AN ESTATE
In order 70 settle the estate OF the late John
Lsphen, she following property is offered at
private sale, ana IL not previously disposed OF
will be sold at public auction Cd
SATURDAY, JULY IS, 1900,
at II o'clock noon viz:
The TW0-STOkY BRICK STORE and
DWELLING No. 124 north Royal street :;
nine rooms slate roof; dry cellar brick sta
bic with slate roof In rear.
Also FOUR LOTS on the east side of Az
fred street between Wythe and Madison
streets; ID feet 2 inches by 1913 feet 5
inches each.
Terms Of Gale: One-third each, and the
residue In two equal payments at six and
twelve months from day of sale: the pur-.
chaser 10 give his nCte for the deferred pay
ments, which are 10 bear>interest from dag
of sale at six per cent. per Gnnum aud SO.
cured by deed Of trust upon tho property or,
at the option Of the purchaser, all cash. All
cost Of conveysncing to be paid by the pur.
chaser. J. p. LAPHEN,
je30 is Administrator.
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DRUGGISTS.
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Prescriptions speciality.
English, French, German and Domestic
Toilet Soaps; Genuine Fsrins Cologne; Mag.
nolis, Hedyosimis, Geranlum and Florida
Water; Genuine Lubin's Extracts; Sponges,
Hair Brushes and Combs best English Tooth
Brushes; q full assortment Of Patent Medi.
lss; Coxe's Gelatine, Corn Starch, Sea Moss
lsrineJ Spices Of ali kinds, and select stock
Of sill articles sold by druggists at price, ss low
- the same quality can be obtained elsewhere
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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06
TWO ANCIENT ARABIAN WELLS
They Furnish Drink to the Thirsty Tray
eIers Through Desert Sands.

In northwestern Arabia there Is a
well of the purest water, perpetual in
It's supply. that has existed for ages
The Arabs claim it was dug by the
early lslamites. Whoever dug 1t must
have expended great labor upon II, for
1t is five feet In diameter at the top
and gradually cnlarges until it reaches
the water. at a depth of nearly 200
feet. 1t Is lined with hewn stona
throughout. However the most re-
markable well in the world is Josephs
well. at Cairo, Egypt. Its shaft was
eXcavated through solid rock to a
depth of 165 feet, at which depth 1t
was enlarged on one side to form a
chamber, In the bottom of which a
reservoir was made Immediately I'M
der the shaft. At one side of this
reservoir another shaft was eXCavated
through rock to a bed of gravel, where
water was found. The lower shaft
depth 295 feet. The upper shaft was
rectangular, 2ixlS feet. The lower
shaft was 1919 feet. Winding around
the well a spiral passageway feet 4
inches wide by feet . inches high
was cut with great care from the sur
face of the ground down to the cham
Der. Between the well and the pas
sageway wall of rock was left.
Horses and oxen descended the pas
sageway to the chamber, where they
propelled machinery to raise the water
in pots attached to a chain from the
lower shaft to the reservoir in the
chamber, and it was again raised by
machinery operated by power on the
surface. In the lower shaft a path
was cut in its side so that a descent
could be made to the water. There
was no wall between the path and the
well. This work is said to have been
constructed by Saladin, who lived in
the years 1887 to 1893. Some writer's
do not mention this and say that the
date of the construction is lost in an
tiQuity
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06
Cured of Sta mm ering.

A very important operation was late
" reported to the French Academic de
Medicine by Prof. Jonuesco (of Blu
charest), who asserts that he has COM
pletely cured boy Of thirteen OF a
confirmed stammer by craniotomy. His
theory is that the cause OF the impedi-
ment is often fiattening OF the left
side of the head, which prevents the
proper development of the skull, and
consequently compression OF the
brain at the very place where Broca
thought that he could localize the fac
ulty of speech He therefore cut away
such portion of the tissues as appeared
to confine at that part the dura mater,
and found the experiment completely
successful. One wonders whether this,
too, was known to neolithic man. Many
neolithic skulls have been found from
which a small circular piece OF the
bone has been removed, evidently dur
ing life; and It has also puzzled an
thropologists to assign cause for this
primitive kind of trephining. But II
we assume II was done to cure STAN
mering all difficulty would vanish.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06
Trustees Sale.
-. j. BUCKNER.
Trustee.

Whereas. John Neal and Alice
Neal. his wife. by their certain deed Of
trust. dated the Eth day Of February.
1897. which said trust deed was duly ac-
knowlcdgcd aud recorded in decd book
No. Is. at page 100. Of the recorders office
within and for the county Of Audrain and
state of Missouri. conveyed to the under
signed trustee the following Described
real estate situated. lying and being in
Tia" county Of Audrain and state Of Mis-
souri,. tu-wit:
Thu North half q - If the North West
fourth a. Of the South West quarter a. u
Of Section Thirty Six 900 Township Fifty
500 north. Range Ten uM west Of the 9Th
=. NJ. containing Twenty c.OI acres.
more or less.
Which said conveyance was made in
trust to secure the payment Of five certain
promisSory notcsin said deed Of trust fully
described. And whereas, default has
been made in tn" payment Of said notes
and the same is now due and remains
unpaid. at the request of the legal holder
Of said note. will ON
FRIDAY. SEPT. ~, 1890.
between the hours Of nine o'clock in the
forenoon aud five o'clock in the afternoon
Of that day, at the East Front door Of the
Court llonSr. in the city Of MrNico. in
Audraiu county. Missouri. sell the above
described real estate" ut public auction to
the highest and best bidder for cash. for
the purpOs" Of paying said notes and the
X. Z. HOPKINS.
TruStpp
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06
GREAT SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY.
Austrian Finds IL Subtle Matter which
lie calls "Elcctroid."

Francis Rychnoweki. a mechanical
engineer OF Lcmberg, Austria, has dis
covered a strange and very subtle
matter, which he called "electroid" be-
cause OF a certain affinity with cleo
tricity. Electroid, produced by spe-
cial apparatus built by the inventor,
is obtained by the dissolution OF GER
tain matters under the influence OF
the electric current. 1t makes noise,
and at the same time refreshing
scent and cool breeze are experienced.
This discovery induced Mr.. Rychnow-
ski to make machine capable of re-
freshing the air to such degree that
those present during the experiment
had the feeling that the window was
open, although this was not the case.
Electroid is a very subtle matter, but
1t seems to be fluid. and 1t can be
gathered and preserved. While falling
on a plate ii reflects in shape OF
shining sheaves. The commission ap-
pointed by the Austrian government
to investigate this discovery reported
that under the influence OF electroid
plants grow rapidly and the buds OF
flowers unclose while one Is looking at
them. Electroid annlhilates microbes
and thus preserves organic matter.
These are physiological influences OF
electroid. Among mechanical phe-
nomena the commission reported that
the influence Of electroid is not
stopped even by a brick wall and
glass; that 1t attracts solid bodies and
makes them shine like moonlight-it
makes them move and attract other
bodies; finally, that it acts on photo
graphic plates and produces sharp and
distinct lines, such as were formerly
possible only with very powerful
lens.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06
A Fossil Snake.

The queerest placer claim in the
world, according to the Cheyenne Tri-
bune, is near Fillmore, WyO, where a
rancher named S. A. Aggers has
staked out placer claim covering
twenty acres in order to protect a
fossil which he has found The fossil
is that Of huge snake, 1876 feet of
which are coiled in stone on top Of
the ground. The folds OF the snake
range from twelve to eighteen inches
in thickness. Mr.. Aggers has been be-
sieged with visitors anxious to see the
monster fossil. He intends to collect
the pieces and ship them to the Ma
tional Museum at Washington in the
spring, and for the purpose Of pro-
tecting his find he staked out the
claim, the fossil being near the center
Of the tract.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06
The Audrain Prohibit
tiOniStS.

THE Republicans in Audrain
county will not fuse with the Pro-
hibitioniStS nor endorse their tick
ct, not this year; nor would the
Prohibitionists consent if such II
thing should be proposed. There
will be no such coalition in the
smallest township of the whole
country. Circumstances used to
be Il little different, but in the
present campaign there is no love
between the PrOhihitioniSts and
Republicans. The prohibitionists
are outspokcn in their hatred of
the head of the Republican nation
al tickct-thcy don't like McKin-
ley with his wine drinking habits
and his army cantcen system, not
Il little bit.
No, stamp that rumor rs wild
and unfounded. The Republicans
will not endorse the ticket nomin-
ated by tho Audrain Prohibition
lists. 1t is this way with the Re
publicans: ri don't like You amy
more; You can't hollcr down our
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06
Interesting CurIosIiies.

An interesting collection of curiosi-
ties from British New Guinea, antiqui-
ties and relics, came under the ham
mer at Stevens Auction Rooms. Co.
vent Garden. London. A bronze head,
representing one of the ancient king
of Benin, sold for els Is Cd; a mum
my of an Egyptian princess. in elab-
crate coffin. sold for seven guineas; a
number OF native skulls, with curl
ously notched designs, averaged 30s
each; and some carved charms, worn
by the natives when fighting, FIVE
guineas.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06
The Full Dinner Pail.

Warrington, W, Va, Sept. +
At Cameron Mr.. W, j. Bryan dis
cusscd the full dinner pail propo-
sition in response To II suggestion
from the crowd, saying in part;
1.-THE gentleman asks me to say
something about the dinner pail.
The Republican party is trying to
escape II discussion of its attack
upon the foundation principles of
government, and when II laboring
man accuses the Republican party
of an attempt to destroy the Dee
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06
Distributing Revenue Stamps.

Washington special Chicago Jour
nal; The work of distributing the mil
lions Of internal revenue stamps over
the country is performed in two ways.
They are bought by private individuals
IN $1,000 lots, to be retailed by them
at the profit of per cent permitted by
the law. The other way is by special
stamp commissioners appointed and
paid by the revenue department.
About 300 such agents are maintained
in the principal business centers
throughout The country. Commissioner
Wilson says larger commission
should be allowed for distributing the
stamps. Banks are quite unanimous
in refusing to handle them, and the
force of special stamp distributors has
had to be greatly increased. The COM
mission at one time was per cent, and
finally it was cut down to per cent.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06
A Grcatfui MendIcant.

A grateful mendicant has died in the
village OF Hinstock, near Newport,
England, and his gratitude assumed an
exceedingly novel form-for beggar.
His name was Meeson, he was aged, and
his generally destitute air and wretch
ed surroundings gave his neighbors
the impression that he had not penny
in the world. Out of pure charity they
accordingly for many years provided
him with food and clothing. Great sur
prise was caused among the good Sa-
maritans when it became known that
by his will he had left $4,000 and GER
tain real property for division among
those who had assisted him. As one
of them remarked, 1t was a clear case
Of casting your bread on the water, and
seeing it come back after many days
buttered on both sides.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06

laration of independence the only
answer is that YOU have got II full
dinner pail and while you have
got plenty to eat you should be
satisfied. want you to rcmcm-
Der that YOU cannot satisfy man
by giving him plenty to eat. The
Republican party has no plan for
the bcttcrmcnt of the permanent
condition of thOSe who tOil.N
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06
Scented Water for the Table.

II society has not perfected the art
of dining it is surely not far from 1t.
The latest fad for the dinner table is
scented water for the finger bowls
Great care should be taken in seeming
the water To be correct the odor
must be exceedingly faint Verbena
leaf is refreshing. and occasionally one
leaf is left floating on the water of
each finger bowl When natural flow
ers and leaves are scarce and one has
not a private dollhouse or conservatory
to draw from perfume tablets are used
for this purpose. II a scented flower
is used in decorating the table, perfect
taste requires that the water in the fin
ger bowls be OF the same perfume as
the flower.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06

Joseph Pribanicz, aged SO, of Hoef-
lein, Austria, a man who has always
been considered to be in normal state
of mind, was travelling by train when
his hat was blown OFF and carried out
of the window. With scarcely mo-
ment's hesitation Herr Pribanicz
opened the door OF the carriage and
jumped after it. He fell down the rail-
way embankment and remained in
sensible for some time. When he came
to his first thought was for the lost
hat He dragged himself, although Sc
verely wounded, up the embankment
again, and crept on to the rails to get
the hat. At this moment an express
train came round the curve, and be-
fore the injured man could escape he
was caught by the engine and dragged
for a distance of some so yards. This
foolish man died a fearful death rather
than lose n hat worth about IS.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06
THE PENALTY FOR A HAT.
1t Cost Pennsylvania Young Lady Her
Membership In n Church.

Membership In n Church.
Because Miss May Oller, daughter OF
the late Bishop Jacob +. Oller, persist
ed In wearing a pretty creation Of a
hat in preference to the plain bonnet
worn by the women of the German
Baptist church, she has forfeited her
membership In the Antietam German
Baptist church OF Waynesborough Pa,
according to the Philadelphia Times.
Miss Oller Is highly educated young
woman, graduate of Juniata college.
Her brother is superintendent of the
Frlck company. Last spring Miss o.
Ter returned from European tour, and
wore in place OF the conventional bon
net hat OF the latest style. In July n
meeting OF the authoities Of the church
was held and Miss Ollcr was notified
that II she would retain her member
ship in the church she must return
to the palmer hcadgear, and that she
would be given until the next quarter
ly meeting to make the change. Miss
Oller wrote to the church authorities
asking them to extend the time, mean
while continuing to wear the hat. The
time was not extended, however, and
at the quarterly meeting she was form
ally expelled from the church. Elder
Jacob Sny Ter presided at the meeting.
which was unusually lively. POstmas-
ter S. T. Dubbel and J. ]. and Jesse X.
Oller, brothers of the young woman,
made a fight against expulsion, claim
ing that the annual meeting had made
the wearing of the bonnet discretion
airy. This petition was, however, bit
terly fought by the two young German
Baptist ministers, the Rev. J. b. Rath-
ruff and the Rev. John Oelig, who in
sisted that the traditions OF the church
should not be broken down. and they
were successful In their battle by a
large majority. There Is much indig-
nation among Miss oilers friends and
relatives and they will take the matter
to the next annual meeting.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06
ActresS Wedding Cards.

An actress playing small parts in a
Berlin theater has turned her marriage
to some account The usual formal in
vltatlon has been suppressed in favor
OF something that reads like this:
"Fraulein X. invites all her friends
and admirers to see her debut in a
piece called Marriage" The other
Part will be taken by Herr Y. 1t will
depend on tie latter whether this play
turns out a comedy or a drama" One
aimiros the COURAGE 81 man that
could read this and then walk to the
altar.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06

LORD ROBERTS has issued II
proclamation anneXing the Trans
vaal Republic to England. But
the Beers haven't given up the
fight, tho their cause now seems
hopeless. 1t has cost England
thousands of mourning homes, but
she is determined in her grasp.
Liberty is lost in the Transvaal-
that the appalling thing about it
all.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06
Storage OF Flood Wnter.

At the annual congress of the SAM
tary institute at Southampton Prof.
Henry Robinson said the better con-
Servation Of the rainfall was of ma
tional Importance. since the water
available for the requirements OF the
people did not increase with the popu-
lation. Every year struggle arose
for watersheds, whence the supply for
large towns could be obtained while
village populations had too often to
depend upon shallow wells, which
were liable to pollution. Flood waters
should be stored, so as to render the
flow of rivers more equable, and the
excess water which now caused dam
age by floods would be available for
domestic supply. irrigation, and i'm
proving navigation in rivers and
canals.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06
The Practical Joker.

He Doesn't live around Mexico,
we believe, but he is still alive.
He wont learn anything so his
FRANKS have tragic end now and
then. Recently woman was
killed by the shock of looking up
on the closed eyes of Il wax doll,
which had been substituted in Jest
for her own little baby. For an
instant she thought that her child
was dead, and tho she realized al
most instantly that it was all II
joke, and tried to laugh at the
Jest, the shock proved fatal within
Il few days. In another ease II
farmers wife in Pennsylvania put
on il hidcOus falsc-facc with the
idea of soaring a little girl, the
child of II ncighbor. The little
girl was so terrified that within II
week she died.
The practical joker is an innocent
fcllow-hc is not malicious. But
he is II nuisance, just the same.
We like the witty fellow and the
person of humor, but he is Il diff
crcnt person from the pcrpctrator
of painful practical jokes. Some
one has called the first II bcncdic-
ton but the latter IN abomination
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06

THE picnic and Democratic rally
at Laddonia next Saturday prom
Uses to be- II rouSing affair. Many
from Mexico will attend. IT will
he great day for Democracy.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06

rain barrel. You can't slide down
our cellar door"
The Prohibtionists have offend
ed. They won't let Mckinley a
lone, and so there it is with the
Audrain ProhibitioniSts.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06

THE trouble in China is not at
an end, it seems. Mckinley wants
to continue our army there thru
the winter. In the meantime
stamp taxes will continue, whether
the soldiers winter in China, or in
the Philippines, or in Cuba.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06
i ~ Tim ut "a Funcral.

llunGdlian peasants like to have q
good time when somebody dies. A
wealthy farmer ut SZahadka recently
left 1900 acres of land and large sum
To his nephcws, In his pockets were
found 1900 ilorns in cash. This sum.
It was decided, he had set aside FOR a
sumptnous funeral, so the bells were
kept ringing two days and everybody
was royalty entertained,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06
Origin Of MINES of Towns.

The origin of the names of some OF
the towns in Cape Colony and Natal
which are at present so prominently
attracting public attention are of inter-
est. Durham Is named from Sir Ben
jamin Durham, who was governor OF
the Cape in 1884. Grahamstown and
Uarrismith are named respectively
from military commanders-Col. Ora
ham and Col. Sir Harry Smith. Gale
don, Beaufort, Somerset and Cradock
are named from former goyernors-the
Earl of Caledon, Lord c. Somerset and
Sir J. Cradock Lord Howden). The
towns of Ladysmith, Port Elizabeth
and Lady Grey are called after the
wives of Cape governors. Kimberley
is named after the Earl of Kimberley,
who was colonial secretary from 1870
to 1874, when that town advanced from
the position of a mushroom camp to
that of permanent mining center.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06

OUR forcfathers rebcllcd because
they had to pay stamp taxes. The
American people have the same
kind of burden on their hands
today. What are they going to do
about if,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06

MARSHALL, mp in Saline county,
this State, has three daily and five
weekly newspapers. That 5 ii lit
tie ahead of Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-06
Football Forbidden BY Scottish Law.

Football Forbidden by Ncottish Law.
The curious may dig from the stat
ute book some strange relics of the
middle ages. Sir Thomas Thornton,
the town clerk OF Dundee. speaking
the other day at the football club ba-
zaar, reminded his audience that foot
ball is to this day forbidden by Scot
fish law, and that there is still unre-
pealed an act OF parliament dating
from the reign OF James (of Scot
land) enacting that mo man shall play
football hereafter. under a penalty Of
6Qs