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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-03
Reduced Rates to { incinnati.

On account Of the Con vention Of the United
Societies OF Christian Endesvor, to be held in
Cincinnati, July 6 to 10, the PenDsy lvania
Railroad Company will sell July to ex-
cursion tickets to Cincinnati st one fare for
the round trip. These tickets will be good
for return passage, leaving Cincinnati not
earlier than July 8. and not later than July
Ia. For full information apply to titket
sge~ts
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-03
By 8. II. Iuut, Auctioneer.

DY VIRTUE OF DEED OF THU ST
I'D from Thomas M. Embrey and wife,
dsted October 29tb, 1896, and recorded in
deed book No. 81, page 224, Of the land
records of the City Of Alexandra, Virginia, to
secure Of the Mercantile Railway Building
and Loan association of Alexandris, Viz.
GINA, sum of money in said deed specified,
default having been made in the pro-
visions OF said deed, the undersigned trustees,
by direction Of the Bosrd of Directors Of said
Association, wi for for sale at public auc-
ton at the Royal street entrance to the
Market Building in the city Of Alexandria,
Virginia, at ~ o'clock noon, on
SATURDAY,
June 9Th, 1901,
the following described property, to-wit:
Al that LOT OF GROUND with the i'm
provements thereon, In the said city of Alex.
sndris. State of Virginia, bounded and de-
scribed as follows, to wit: Beginning at a
poiut on the north side Of Wilkes street
seventy (70) feet, five 10y inches west of Co.
lumbus street thence west with Wilkes street
twe1ty-nine (29) feet, five 10y inches thence
north, parallel with Columbus street, sixty
four (64) feet, two (2) inches: thence east
parallel with Wilkes street. twenty nine (29)
fet I, five (5) inches; thence south, parallel
With Columbus street. sixty -four (64) feet,
two (2) inches to the beginning.
Terms of Sale: Cash. ConveyanciDg, in.
cludiDg u. g. inteInsl revenue stamps, at cost
Of purchaser.
t iSTHoS Z V ", ARMS rRoNe Trustees.
my26 I'd
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-03
Summer Excursion Tica cts.

The Pennsylvania Raj road Company have
placed on sale summer excursion tickets to
Buffalo on account Of the Psn-Anerican Ell.
position, and to Niagara Falls.
On May !, 1901, the regular summer eX'
cursion tickets to sll the principal summt
resorts east OF Pit'sbnrg and fu1slo were
placed on sale at ticket Offices Of the Penn.
sylvsnis Railroad Company
These tickets will bear the usual summer
excursion limit OF October "a, 1901. except
that the Niagara Falls tickets will be good tC
return until November 80, 1901,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-03
STEAMERS.
Weems Steamboat Co.

Commencing Thursdsy, March %, the
stesmsrs
NORTHUMBERLAND and POTOMAC
Will lesve
EVERY THURSDAY. SUNDAY and TUES
Day al 4 P. M.
HOR BALTIMORE AND ALL THE USUAL
RIVER LAND NGs.
Cuisine and sppc' nm xcelled.
Freight for Baltimore, Philadelphia snd
ev York solicited aud handled with care.
Through rates and bills OF lading issued.
single fare to Baltimore, 81; round trip,
So staterooms one way, 81. Meals, SOC
WIN. N. RkARDON, Agent,
lei strand.
kky ARLINGTON STEAMBOAT COM.
w PANY (LIMITEDD
Bound Trip, 10 Cents.
In effect on and after SATURDAY, March
2.19Ol.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-03
Cheap Excursion Rates.

Commencing Saturday, May 18th, and con-
tinuing each Saturday and Sunday thereafter.
Southern Rsilwsy ticket sgeHts at Alexandria
will sell round trip tickets TO Somerset, Har
risonbuTg and BluemoDt and intermediate
points ST rate Of one fare; tickets limited for
return to the Monday following date of sale.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-03
LEGAL NOTICES.
EXECUTRIX'5 NOTICE.

Having qualified as the executrix,of WILL
LIAM P. CREIGHTON. deceased, all persons
indebted to bis estate are requested to settle
said indebtedness, and all persons to whom
said estate is indebted are requested to pre-
sent their account, properly certified, for
payment HATTIE V. CREIGHTON,
may16 I'm Fxecutrix.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-03

Salvation Oil the best liniment.
Regular bottle, is cts; large bottle, 20 cts.
Greatest cure on earth for Rheumatism,
NeDralgis, Soreness, sprsins, Bscssche, Stiff
ness, Cuts, Bruises, Wounds, swell'ngs, Barns
ard Frost Bites. Salvation Oil kills all pain.
Sold BY Richard Gibson snd all druggists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-03

rI,HE annual meeting Of STOCKHOLDERS
l. Of the SAVINGS INVESTMFNT CON-
PANY will be held at 1928 south Fairfax
street, Alexandria, Va, MONDAY, June Sd,
1901, at o'clock p. m.
W. F. LAMBERT,
mv1S I'd SecretsIy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-03
MEETINGS .

T1HE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE AMER
Il ICAN BUILDING AND LOAN ASsO-
CATION are hereby notified that the annual
meeting Of the stockholders Of said association
will be held at the principal office of the as
ISOLATION, 10S south Washington street, A.
exsndris, Virginia, at 2 o'clock p. m, on
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 1901. By order Of
the Board Of Directors
w. j. FR!ZZELL, Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-03
DRUGGISTS.
CLARA l.. lEADBEATEB. Q. o. LEADsEATEl
O. g. LnADBEATER. J. LEADBEATER.
E.S. LEADBEATER & SONS,

WHOLESA LIE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS
106 AID LOT south Fairfax street
Dealers In drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medi.
cines, Psints, 0lr, Dye Stuffs, Spices, Drug
dsts' Fancy GoUds ard Specislties.
Wholesale sgelt in Northern Virginia TO-
J. G. Ayers Medicines and John Lucas q Co..
rintod Gloss and Prepared PaiAs, &c.
Manufacturers Of standard Pharmaceutical
preparations.
We have made large additions to our stoch
and are buying leading Proprietary Articles,
Chemicals, &C., direct from the manufacturers
Ne are therefore enabled TO supply the trade
With all goods usually carried by well-sp.
poinvoa WuoLEsALR DRUG HOUSE al
prices a. low as those given by the best houses
IN larger cities. All goods forwarded By FIRST
tIeight or express after receipt Of order.
Promptness il our speciality. We guarantees
the purity Of all drugs furnished. Core
,pondence invited.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-03
v ARFIELD & HALL,
DRUaGIBTe,

DRUGGISTS,
URHEB PRINCE AND FAIRFAX STn.
Prescriptions Rpscialty.
English, French, German and Domestic
Toilet Soaps Genuine Fsrina Cologne Mag
ooliA, Hedyoaimis, Geranium and Florids
Water; Genuine Lubin's Extracts; 6ponges,
lair Brushes and Combs best English Tooth
4rushes; Q full assortment Of Patent Modi.
- Coxe's Gelatine, Corn Starch, Sea Moa
.rine, Spices Of ali kinds, and q select stock
al articles sold BY druggists at prices @ low
the same quality can DO obtained elsewhere
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-03

surgical operation is OF oecesssry TO cure
pls. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Ssl7e saves al
that expense and never fails. Beware Of
oounteIfeiteIa
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-03

virginia Summer Normal schools.
Account Of above occasion thu sonths,r
galway will sell tickets 10 points A. vbieS
meeting, will be held at srsstIv ,sdnosS
rates: For further information cali on sontb.
ern Railway agents. ~ v" SUM
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-03
INSURANCE AGENCIES.
ALEXANDRIA INSURANCE CO

ALEXANDRIA INSURANCE co.,
(BEeAN BUSINESS IN 1917
CAPITAL PAID UP IN CASH S57. 900.
Eir~ Mavira end PLATE Glass Insnr.ncA
J. CLINTON sMOOT (of @. C. smoot a SONG
Co.., President.
LAURENCE STABLER. Secretary.
DIRECTObS:
George 8. French, (Sec. Alex. Fert. & Chem
icsl Co..
Worth Hulfsh (of J. F. Carlin's Sons Co.,
hardware).
J. T. Burke (of Burke h Herbert, banker.
B. Basr. ir, ((lO'hing MerchsnD.
Saml. II. Lunt (kesi Estste).
VIM. II. Hellmuth (Hellmuth Bros.).
ME- Office mo 102 south Fairfax street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-03
FoR RENT.

Reduced Rates to San Francisco via
the Pennsylvania Railroad, account
Epworth League Convention.
On account Of the Fifth International Con.
ventlon Of the Epworth Lesgue, to be held in
srn Francisco July 10 to %, the PeppsvI-
Ssnls Railroad Company will sell, July 4 10
II rom all stations on its line exoursion
tlekess TO San Francisco at greatly rednced
rates For specific infoIm stiop regarding
to ticket agents. Apply
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-03
AUCTION SALES.
A UoTIoN SALE OF FURNITURE.

will Offer for sale at auction on the prem
ises, S06 Prince street.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9th,
at 10 O. clock 9. M the furniture remaining
uusold The house is for sale privately.
my30 st K. F. Knox.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-03

N. Same schedule Sundays, commencing
8 80 O. m
J.B PADGErT, General Manager.
CHAMP WALKER, Agent.
Evening star., 1901-12-21

penal institutions and the methods are elias
tic. The plan is to treat the child individ-
ually; to free him as much as possible from
vicious surroundings and criminal suggeS-
tions. Students of prisons declare that this
is the closest approach to the ideal that
has so far been reached. 1t Is certainly
better than anything Of the kind which has
been elsewhere attempted in the world. In
the older states the directors and keepers
OF prisons are an ineffective, Il-paid. politi-
cal lot. The Whittier establishment is on
another basis. 1t was believed that to make
frst-class citizens out of warped material
one must have first-ciass directors and
teachers. Colleges pay large salaries TO
teachers OF boys who are nOminally bright
and good, yet there is a more urgent need
OF skilled direction for the mentally stunted
and morally unfortunate.
The keynote OF success is occupation, con-
slant occupation, mental and physical.
Every lad acquires a common school educa-
ton. has military training and learns
trade. There IS no question lat thousands
OF these boys return to the world as wei!
qualified to earn an. honest livelihood as
are the children of the well to do There
were over 1O0 graduates from this school in
the army and navy in the Philippines alone
at the time OF the American occupation.
There are no more walls other protec-
tions than In any other school or college
no guard is seen with gun, there are NJ
chains or gratingS or any suggestions of
prison. The inmates are sent to Whittier
until OF age. but they may be paro.ed or
discharged at any time, even In three
NSths 1Gere Is an average or 900 boy
and fifty girls here at a time and the at
tempts at escape are but four or FIVE year
PHYSICAL restraints are seldom necessary
There are watchmen in the dormitorles
but they guard against fire and miscon-
duct, rather than against escape. When g
boy runs away and Is caught his credits
are taken away and he starts all Over
again. A boy who IS rebellious or who en-
dangers the discipline Of the school may bt
locked up on bread and water for two OF
three days. but this Is rarely done. The
connmoner punishment Is to deprive him
Of certain privileges, or to make him walk
Q beat without speaking to any one. Dur
ing the entire year il may be necessary to
whip about twenty-five OF the boys. For
months at a time, however, no such pun
isnment Is administered. The whipping
must be done In presence of the superin-
tendent. and eight or ten blows are enough.
The girls are never whipped. They are
locked up. or put on the guard line. when
refractory.
Care to Avoid Contamination.
Everything possible is done to keep
Evening star., 1901-12-21
FIRES CAUSED BY NAILS.
Particularly Guarded Against by
Firms That Handle Cotton.

Firms That Handle Cotton.
From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
speaking Of insurance matters" said a
man, Il suppose the plain, old-fashioned
nail has caused more fires in the big es-
Establishments where machinery is used IN
many and complicated ways than any
other little thing in existence. The only
thing needed is for it to come in contact
with some other hard material with suf-
f1cfent force to cause spark and heat gen.
Grafton. Nails have really produced q
heavy per cent Of the cotton fires of the
country. During recent years. on account
Of steps taken by the owners and con-
ductors Of the larger cotton and byproduct
plants at the instance of insurance men,
the nail has not been such a prolific pro-
ducer Of fires.
"A way has been found, for instance
in cotton gins. cotton mills and in plants
where cotton seed are put through manu-
featuring processes of extracting nails
and other eighty substances that may
find lodgment in these inf1ammable prod
-ucts. Gravity is the natural force used.
Nails and rocks and materials Of this
products, and they have a tendency to
force their way to the bottom of the heap.
By allowing these products to pass over
rolling belt arrangement these heavier ma
terials filter toward the bottom and are
finally extracted, so that when the cotton
or the cotton seed passes through the grind
in the various manufacturing processes
there is but little danger from fire so far
as these things are concerned"
Evening star., 1901-12-21
Canadian War Horses.

From the Toronto NAH and Empire.
Mr.. Walter Harland Smith, the Toronto
horseman, has returned to the city from
Ottawa, where he secured from the govern
ment the contract to purchase the mounts
for the Canadian Yeomanry. AS a result
Of the experience of Col. Dent, who has
been purchasing remounts for the British
army In Canada for more than year. only
Ontario-bred animals will be accepted by
Mr.. Smith. He confirmed the statement
that of the horses that have already been
shipped to South Africa - per cent OF the
western animals were lost. while only 4
per cent of the Ontario horses failed to
make the journey. Despite the fact that
between Il 600 and 10 600 horses have been
sent out of Canada during the past couple
of years. he does not anticipate any diff
Guilty In getting another Geo. In fact, he
expects to have the majority Of them in
three weeks. and all the animals will be in
Ottawa before the end of the month. With
reference to the prices, Mr.. Smith said the
policy of Col DENT would be followed,
which was to buy each horse according to
it's individual merits. OF course. he would
fix maximum figure. but he did not care
to state what 1t would be. as every farmer
in the country would demand that amount
for his horse.
Evening star., 1901-12-21
trste below the surface or ,he ,itt,. onur.

trste below the surface OF the little cour-
teous conventions We shall find that con-
sideration for the feelings of others under
lies all Do not try to make your gift look
as though IL cost more than you paid for Il.
Aside from the paitry spirit OF such giving
IL Is delusion and n snare. for next year
your onering must seem to be as fine as the
one OF this season, or you may appear to
nave been less anxious to please your
friend. The best gifts are those which put
no tax upon material resources, but trifies
OF which the recipients may make frequent
use ana so keep the giver In mind. Take
tne time to write a few words OF loving or
cordial greeting On the cards that accom-
pany your gifts. Without that evidence OF
inolVldual, personal thought the Offering or
even the lnest present appears somewhat
sraseiess ana perfune;ory. A message on
caro- Is better than note because more
INFORMAL and one should not seem to make
much OF gift. Having your presents
dalntily wrapped is not less a matter OF
courtesy. Let their outward appearance
commend them. Leave them or send them
TO their destination the day before Christ
nas-Gniess YOU can insure their reception
carry In the day. a tardy gift appears like
an afterthouSht
Evening star., 1901-12-21

performance of the boys at review and
dress parade in the evening is highly COM
mendable, and their band initiates itself
with martial pride as it goes crashing and
roaring down the line, past the stars and
stripes that are futtering in the breeze All
minor officers of the companies are cadets
as they are called, and eligibility to these
ofhces. as well as the trust and respon-
,slDlllty imposed on those who are pro-
moted to them, are stimulants to good con-
duct and diligence. Every summer the
whole command goes into camp at Santa
Catalina Island, beautiful resort, which
is reached by steamer from San Pedro the
port of Los Angeles. There they spend
three weeks in drill but with plenty of
time for bathing, boating, games athletics
foot ball and muSIe. And the youngsters
lar from being restrained are encouraged
in their sports, because 1t is found that
when their vitality has due outlet they are
in better health and spirits, more ira ctabIe
and make better progress in their studies
1t is especially desired that they shall pIay
at the end of their days work, because
they sleep better .afterward.
Inmates Are Very Well Fed.
Talking is forbidden during study and
work hours, as it is in schools that are not
reformatory. in character, but it is per-
mitted in the playgrounds-imagine tag or
base ball without talk-at meal times and
IN the evening. The well being of the in
mates is likewise advanced by a liberal and
varied diet, and the large orchards that sur
round the school provide a plenty of fruit
for the tables without cost There is q spe.
cial bill Of fare for each day and the die
tary includes bread eggs, sausage, steak.
SteWS, potatoes, sweet potatoes, mush tlr-
nips, onions and other garden stuff; pie.
cake, pudding, butter. oranges, lemons
milk. and coffee, while on holidays there
are turkey and roast pig. Despite the raw
ages Of several hundred active apnetites
there is a surplus of fruit and garden sauce
which is sold to the grocers.
1t Is possible for an inmate to earn a little
money-more than he or she would be ant
to earn outside, in addition to board and
lodging. The surplus is perhaps not more
than IS cents week, but even this is an
incentive to industry and the money can he
put into bank, either to gain interest or to
withdraw for approved expenditures. as oc.
casion may demand. One boy when paroled
had over $50 to spend and several have had
$40 and thereabout. There Is an excellent
Evening star., 1901-12-21

to the offender. Sharp measures win stiIl
be needful against sthoserswho waver be-
tween right and wrong. and those who
have never felt theastir of moral sense.
The hoodlums, for instance, who vex the
American cities. the Hoolixans of London.
the Larrikins of Australia, need prompt
discouragement, even II that discourage
ment takes the form OF whipping; but pre-
vention will save society from the passions
and devices of those whos seek to do evil
against it, and more and better schools, a
completer watch ON the potentially vicious
and wiser labor laws wM do much to
abridge the improper liberties and tenden-
cies of the criminal whiieifor such as are
not yet criminal. but lack guidance and are
weak or undeveloped, there must be an es-
tablishment, the world over, of such insti-
tutions as the Whittier school,
Evening star., 1901-12-21

are admirably neat and well kept, and the
fireman has relatively easy task because
the fuel Is oil, which has been struck IN
and about Los Angeles. 1t needs but the
turn of a screw to release flow of oil un-
der the boiler and there is hot fire in an
instant.
The industries are such as fairly bright
boy should be able to prosecute with ut
tie direction from the shop superintendent,
and the boy goes into the world with a
trade which, If he chooses to follow IL, Will
leave no excuse for mischievous living af-
terward. Sloyd, which was afterward In
troduced into the manual training schools
of the state, was first adopted here, al
though 1t is not continued at present. the
lack of proper appropriations having nam
pered progress at Whittier. Good work is
done in the tailor shop. the carpenter shop,
the prntery. the shoemaking department,
laundry, blacksmth's shop, bakery, kitchen
and on the farm of 100 acres, with Its
stables, its cows, horses and hens. and In
the girls department sewing and house,
work are taught.
Conduct Improves Quickly.
The improving tendencies that inhere In
such surroundings as we find in Whittier
are often of wonderful promptness in their
action. One day a sheriff from one of the
middle counties arrived at the school with
a burly young offender, whom he had put
in irons for safetys sake, for the boy
weighed 200 pounds and was capable OIL
mischief. The sheriff kept a shotgun ready
to hand during the trip and he was amazed,
on arriving at the school, to discover none
of the usual measures for the prevention or
escapes. He was in two minds whether he
should leave his charge in an institution
like that and was in actual alarm for the
safety of the school when the lad was freed
from his irons and sent to bed in one OF
the dormitories. Two months later, being
in that part of the state, the sheriff called
at Whittier to learn whether his former
prisoner had been committing any murders
or burglaries in the neighborhood. Great
was his aStonishment when his villain
opened the door for him. He had become
one Of the trusted inmates and was behav-
ing quite well as anybody
Roys Make Good SOfSiiers.
AS was said, the boys are organized into
military companies and are required to
drill every day, the smallest of the boys
being excused from long marches. For
merly guns were supplied, but these are not
in use at present, hence the drill consists
almost wholly of evolutions. The drill
commander is an army man of majestic
appearance, and he as well his lieuten-
ants are arrayed like army officers. The
Evening star., 1901-12-21
Not Mans Invention.
From the Chicago Record Herald.


According to a dispatch from Paris ar
American has invented what he calls a
spectograph, which enables person using
a telephone to see his interlocutor and the
latter's surroundings" This is not an In
vention OF man; it is an invention of the
devil. One of the main uses of the tele-
phone is to blind the eyes, not aid them.
The man of affairs who telephones the
press of business at the office. and regrets
his inability to meet the loved ones at
home at the customary hour needs no
spectograph to reveal his presence at the
festal board at the restaurant, or to ex-
hibit him in the ''press of business" he
has appointed for himself. AS wrecker
If happy homes we may predict a brilliant
career for the spectograph IL ever 1t is
brought into use. But such an invention
will not be permitted to live. There is
misery enough already in the world with
out the assistance Of the spectograph. No
man of delicacy and prudence wishes his
wife to see everything.
Evening star., 1901-12-21

the inmates from contamination. Tramps
are never allowed to come near Whittier.
These men are perverts of the worst type,
and not n few of the boys reach Whittier
because at some time they have fallen un-
der their influence. 1t is an offense punish
able by imprisonment for any one to at
tempt to get an inmate away or to SNUG
gle liquor or tobacco into the institution.
Many of the boys and a few of the girls
are cigarette fiends. The officers are gen
orally able to tell when the boys have sue
ceeded in obtaining tobacco, for, as a re-
suit of smoking, they will show listlessness
and carelessneSS in their work. These chill
dren are not absolute illiterates; only q per
cent have never attended school; but the
greatest number of them have attended
school for only five years.
Buildings Are NeedlessIy High.
In it's situation the Whittier school could
hardly be improved upon. The building it
self, however, is old-fashioned. 1t was con-