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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-13
AUCTION SALES.
r. +. Knox, Au .tioneer.

L. y IAhoAf a "a .ttohoohs
DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
u dated December 10, 1892. and recorded
in deed book No. 20, folio S6 OF the land
records of Alexandria city, Va, executed By
Cathsrine Dulsney ct ais, to Lewis Mex. Bel
ct slp, Trustees Of the Alexandra Peipetus
Building Fund Association, and default having
been made in the payment of tho debt secur
ed by said trust. and being thereunto uquir
ed BY the Board Of Directors Of said sssocia
ton, the und, rsigned trustees Of said ssosia
tion will, on
SATURDAY,
the 25th day Of May, 1901,
at ~ O'Clock M In front OF the Royal street
entrance to the Market Building in the city
Of Alexandria, Va, sell at public auction. fol
cash, all that tenement and lot Of ground
situated in said city on the rorth side OF
franklin street and the west side OF st. Asaph
street, and bounded as follows Beginning si
the intene ton oil said streets and running
thence north on St. Assph street 30 feet
thence west, parallel to franklin street 73
feet, in :hes to the line of the lot conveyed
to Daniel e. Self; thence south with the line
of said lot parallel to st. Assph street 30 feet
to franklin street; and thence east on Frank
lin street 73 feet inches 10 the beginning
All expense Of copveysneiug will be at the
cost Of the purchaser.
LEWIS NICK. BELL,
SkMUEL b. FISHER, Trustees.
WILLIAM e. LATHAM,
my1O I'd
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-13

CITY TREAsUBEa's OFFICE,
~ BooM No. I, CITY BALL,
ALEXANDRIA. VA April 30, 1901.
DELINQUENT STATE FAX PAYERS,
TAKE NOTICE.
At the May term Of the Corporation Court.
at the front door OF the Coronation Curt
House. on Fairfax street, vi offer ct PUB
LIC SALE al the BEAL E6TATE b. longing
to delinquent X payers for the year 1899, q
description Of which can be seen at my Office,
or at the clerks Office o the Corporation
Couit. THO3. w. EOBiNS IN.
apr30 2w City Treasurer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-13
DRY GOODS.
VIZ PROTECT YOU
On Prices.

Our stock is carefully selected We
buy nothing simply for the profit
there is in it, without regard to
quality.
Our goods are always as represent.
ed, and we can conscientiously say
they are THE BEST as to qualities,
colors, &c, bought at a good price
and sold at a close profit.
In addition we will protect you on
prices; that is, if others advertise a
cut. we will allsw the same. All we
ask is that you will protect us by re.
porting same to us.
Full and handsome lines MA
DRAs, India Linens, corded striped
ana plalu.
Muslins, PIQUES. &c.
Covert Cloths, Galatea Cloths, and
Ginghams.
Bleached and Unbleached MUS
LINS.
UNDERWEAR,
HOSIERY.
NECKWEAR.
NEGLIGE SHIRTS,
TABLE DAMASKS,
TOWELS, NAPKINS.
BEDSPREADS,
UMBRELLAS. &C., &c.
Full line small Notions, Embroid-
er.es. Laces. &c.
A. c. SLAYMAKBR,
NO. 42o King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-13

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. lOc or 2oc.
nc. g. G. fail 10 cure, druggists refund money.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-13
Alsxaaaria $xsstt,.

ruBLrEHxp DAILY AND raI-wxxxLY At
Gazette Building. $40 d 812 Prince %
TERMS:
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
ORIGIN OF THE SLAVS.
Az Accounted For by a Noted Polish
AnthrOpOlOGist of
Europe.

There has been considerable divers.
ity of opinion concerning the ethnic
afinities of the Slavs, and Zaborowsk,
returns to the subject in recent num-
ber of the bulletins ct Memories de Ia
Societe d'Anthropologie." His view is
that the Slavs belong to the same race
as the Celts of French anthropolo-
ogists, that is, being brunei brachy-
cephals, they are members of the Alp.
inc race, says Nature. Their original
home was that which is still occupied
by the southern Slav between the Dan.
ube and the Adriatic, and they were
allied to the inhabitants of the Ter.
ramara of Emilia. The northern Slavs
migrated along the valley of the Wis.
tula and reached the shores of the
Baltic, where they developed civiliza.
tion and introduced in this region the
practice of burning their dead, which
was previously unknown there; they
also brought with them metals and
glass. Wherever the Slavs migrated
they introduced the custom of incin.
Grafton, and carried with them the
characteristic metal head rings the
ends of which terminated in sigmoid
curves. The settlement of Venede, or
the Baltic, dates back to the fourth
century 3. c. The Baltic Slavs were
profoundly affected by the expansion
of the Germans, about the beginning OF
our era, but apparently not until the
eighth century did Slavs colonize
northern Russia.
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
PERSONAL AND 1MPERsoNAL.

Ieople engaged in the manufacture
OF sulphate of quinine are apt to suf-
fer from distressing skin troubles.
A London bootblack displays this
sign in sight of his patrons: IF you
like my work, tell your friends; if you
don't like it, tell me-"
"A married lady would like work in
boarding house; one that can go
home nights" This is an ADVERTISE
ment from Boston paper.
Once, when twitted on his small size
by a statesman of the strenuous type,
Mr.. Evarts retorted: ''That remark
proves what have always asserted
that in your eyes measures were more
important than men,"
The publishers of "Burke's peerage"
are ardently in favor of the growth of
republican ideas in other countries
than Great Britain, because they find
that they sell more copies of that work
IN the United States than in any other
country of the world.
The late William NJ. Evarts was fond
OF the west, but fonder of the east. In
an after-dinner speech at Omaha he
once said: II like the west. like her
self-made men, and the more I travel
west the more I meet with the public
men, the more I am satisfied of the
truthfulness of the Bible statement
that the wise men came from the
east.'
John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of
Abraham Lincoln, lies in an unmarked
grave that, except perhaps to one or
two persons, is also unknown. DR..
George L. Porter, of Bridgeport, Conn.,,
who saw both the killing of Lincoln
and the death and burial of Booth,
says that Booths body was hidden in
Washington arsenal, in spot kept se-
cret. After that it was given to the
family on condition that no monument
nor even mound should mark it's rest
inc place
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
GOT HIS PAY AT LAST.
Took Long Time to Get 1t hut 1t DID
Not Stay by Him Any Great
Length of Time.

II was an erumerator in 1890 down
in Louisiana, and, being down on my
uppers about that time, I was tickled
enough to get the job," said Col. "Sim''
Baston, the Cheyenne (Wyo.) million
aire, to writer in the New York Com
mercial. "My bill against the govern
ment was $119 and I used to lie awake
money in. I was terribly disappointed
when the supervisor told me I would
have to wait for government check.
He said, however, that the remittance
would be along in few days, and be-
gan to haunt the post office, expecting
to get it in every mail. kept that up
for about GO days, and meanwhile
missed several good chances of getting
a job.
'About month later the other boys
received their checks, but mine failed
to arrive. wrote a hot letter to Wash
ington, telling the supervisor general
all about my troubles, and in four or
five weeks got reply from the ninth
deputy of the fourth assistant clerk
of the acting superintendent of the
bureau of kicks and walls. He said the
records showed that all the enumera-
tors had been paid, intimated, cour-
teously, that was crook and bunko
man, and requested me to fill out the
inclosed blanks. They were forms for
filing claim against the government.
threw the bunch into the waste bas-
ket. I decided not to devote my en-
tire life to the collection of $119. I'll
forget this, said to myself, and try to
live it down.
''In the fall of 1894 I was spending
my vacation at Denver, COL, when I re-
ceived letter that had been chasing
me all over the country and was black
with postmarks. It contained check
for S119, and brief, cold, typewriter
statement that the census bureau had
found my account. Icashed the check,
took the money to a faro bank around
the corner, put it on the ace, and lost"
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08

overcrowded for many years, and its
magnificent corridors were disfgured
with book racks and other official i'm
pedimenta. But when the new post
Office department edifce was con-
structed, and that department was
moved from its quarters opposite the
interior department., the building
which it had occupied since 1916 was
taken possession of by the interior
department.; and this gave an oppor-
tunity for the commissioner of pat
ents to so arrange the working force
of his Office that business might be
carried on in systematic manner.
BY wise provision of the consti-
tuition of our republic (article 1, par
agraph of section 81, the congress
was given power to promote the prog
ress of science and the useful arts,
by securing to authors and inventors,
for limited times, the exclusive right
to their respective writings and dis
coveries. This portion of the con-
stitution was obtained through the
efforts of James Madison and Charles
Pinckney, and was the beginning of
the patent system. The first general
law providing for patents was passed
in 1890, and the first patent issued
was to Samuel Hopkins, July 81, 1870,
for making pot and pearl ashes,
Under this patent law the Office
fees were paid to the state depart
ment. clerks who made out the pat
ent. The fees amounted to $3.7O, and
ten cents for every 100 words for fl
ing the specification. The chief clerk
of the state department issued the
patent and received the fees as part
of his salary. Under this law, which
was repealed in 1898, there was no
patent office, and not even a division
of patents. A new law was passed
in 1898, and several amendments
made thereafter. The issuing of pat
ents, however, still remained in the
state department.
In 1900 the department of state re-
moved to Washington and took up
its quarters at Pennsylvania avenue
and Twenty-frst street; and in May,
1902, President Jefferson appointed
William Thornton as a clerk at ST. 400
per year to have charge of the is
suing of patents. This William
Thornton was an interesting char
acter, especially to inventors and
Washingtonians. An excellent por-
trait of him hangs in the commission
er's room in the patent Office. Thorn
ton had charge of the patent affairs
from 1902 to his death in 1928. He
was an intimate friend of Washing
ton, and was by him appointed cae
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
SOME JAPANESE PROVERBS.

All evil doing clings to the body.
Even worthless people can make q
crowd. .,..e..,. ... .s..
To become an abbot one must begin
as novice.
The fallen blossom never returns to
the branch. 10y T. ~.
The mouth is the front gate of all
misfortune. @ ~" - =.
Wheresoever ones home is, there is
the capital city. . . $s. w. &
Never let go the reins of the wild
colt Of the heart. -"
With one hair Of woman you can
tether even great elephant.
Good actions go not outside the
gate; bad actions travel thousand
miles. 5.&z.5
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS.

The larynx of man is twice the
size, on an average, of the same Or
gan In woman.
Out of 1,614 people inoculated last
year in Paris for hydrophobia there
were only four deaths.
Mans average temperature is 80
degrees Fahrenheit; pigeons, 100
degrees, and chicken, III degrees.
A boy in Hackensack, n. J., died
from disease of the liver caused
from the kiss of dog. He had been
i'll year from, it is said, hydatids
of the liver, a disease transmitted
from dogs. DR.. II. D. Gill, professor
of surgery in the American veter-
mary college, says: almost every
germ disease may be transmitted by
a dog. Many of these diseases are
incurab bic. I do not doubt that great
numbers of persons die of disease
transmitted to them in this manner.
I know of individual cases.
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08

fee and the keeper Of the pat.nsa.
Into this building, where the post Office
now stands, Thornton moved the rec.
ords, ETC., of the patent Office.
In 1916 the personnel of the patent
Office consisted of Superintendept +
William Thornton, $1,40o; Clerk VIII.
liam Elliott, $500; and Messenger Ben.
jamin Fenwic]z, $72 per annum.
DR.. Thomas Jones, who succeeded
DR.. Thornton as superintendent of the
patent Office, was born in Hereford
shire county, England. in 1774. In 1926
he founded the famous Franklin Jour-
nal at Philadelphia. On April IL, 1929
he removed to Washington and took
charge of the patent Office under
Henry Clay, secretary of state. This
position he held until after the organ
ization of the patent Office under the
act of July 4, 1886, at which time
Hon. II. L. Ellsworth was made COM
missioner at salary of s., 900 per an.
mum, and Charles NJ. Keller and DR..
Jones were appointed the next year
examiners at a salary of $500 per
year. The officials of the office under
DR.. Jones' reign were William Elliott,
clerk, at salary of $1,000 year; AL
exander McIntire, clerk, at $500, and
B. Fenwick, messenger, at $500. DR..
Jones resigned his position in 1888 at
the age of 81.
In 1886 new law was passed which
was return to the American system.
The law established the patent Office
as bureau under the department of
| state, and put it in charge of chief
officer to be called the commissioner
of patents, at salary of $4,000 per
annum, his duty being, under the di-
rection of the secretary of state, to
superintend the issuing of patents.
The law further provided for chief
clerk, ian examining clerk at 81, 500;
two other clerks, one of them to be a
competent draughtsman; one other
clerk, maohinist and messenger 1t
provided also seal for the Office, and
required that the patent should issue
under that seal, and be signed by the
secretary of state and countersigned
by the commissioner.
The first patent issued under this
law was to Hon. John. Ruggles, for 10.
comotive engines on inclined planes.
Henry L. Ellsworth was appointed
the first commissioner under this law
and Charles NJ. Keller examining clerk,
and thereupon the present system OF
examinations began. Later the Office
was transferred from the department
of state to the interior department,
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
VienneSe MuHs.

A peasant woman in Vienna is sell
dom seen in winter without her muf1
of dilapidatcd fur, writes a traveller.
She may carry hod of bricks. or a
shovel, or drag wagon with one
hand, but the other will be secure
from the weather. It is not an un.
usual sight in the Austrian capital to
see women working in the street, re-
pairing pavements and making
trenches, swinging pick and handling
shovel in the most mastery fashion.
These women wear almost any sort
of costume that may be at hand. To
their backs are often strapped bas.
.kets containing heavy burdens, or
mayhap the family cherub swung
over the shoulders in a shawl.-N. Y.
Sun. j..
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08

0tdteS 1dIenC Olnce.)
of the three commissioners to survey
and lay out the federal capital.
Thornton's house, at 1881 F street,
was one of the first private residences
to be erected in Washington.
He was an Engishman and was
born on the island of Tortola, his
uncle being at that time president
of the island. He first met Washing
ton at Philadelphia and became a
warm friend of the "Father of His
Country" and his home on F street
in Washington became familiar re-
sorS Of Washington when he was
president.
A story is told of him that during
the war of 1912, when the British cap
tc,red the city of Washington and de-
stroyed the capitol building, a loaded
cannon was trained upon the patent Of
t3ce Cor the purpose of destroying it,
and he is said to have put himself be-
fore the gun, and in frenzy of ex-
citement exclaimed: care you Eng
ishmen or only Goths and vandals i?
This is the patent Office, a depository
of the ingenuity and inventions of the
American~nation, in which the whole
civilized world is interested. Would
you destroy it.? II SO, fire away, and
let the charge pass through my body -
The effect is said to have been magical
upon the soldiers, and to have
saved the patent Office from eestruc-
tion.
In 1921 Tho1atoo assumed the title
of superintendent, and was so regtet
tered in the government blue book,
but it was not until 1880 that the
law recognized the title by specifically
mentioning the Office.
The 1910 congress authorized the
purchase Of building Tor the post o.
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08

Every man has more or less inventive
instinct, and there are thousands of
attorneys throughout the land who
devote their time and attention to the
study of patent law, and to the inter
ests of their inventive clients.
And right here, to be practical rath-
er than historical and discursive, let it
be known that no man, be he attorney
Or claim agent, can secure patent for
anybody by the use of money to influ-
ence decision. No man should allow
himself to be deceived on that score.
Any attorney or claim agent who in
Inmates anything of that character
should be set down as a fraud. The
commissioners and the assistant COM
missioners are always men of high
character, standing we'll in their home
communities and in this community.
The examiners and clerks are honor
able men. Eeach case receives as care
full considerations as any case in court
of justice. Each case is decided upon
it's merits. Because OF the careful con-
sideration given to each case there are
necessary delays which are often ex.
asperating to the inventors who be-
lieve that their fortunes are being
withheld from them, because each in.
ventor looks upon his model and be.
lieves, as Col. Sellers believed, that
''There's millions in it."
But there's not. The inventor us,l.
ally gets some fame for his name; but
the capitalist gets the cash-paying
game. Poor men constitute vast ma
jority of inventors, probably because
| necessity is the mother of invention;
but very few of them die any richer
than they were born. SMITH D. Fry.
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
A Little Too Fast.

Look here, SIR said the irate Gus.
toner to the dry goods clerk; "you
sold me piece of goods warranted a
fast color. 1t was green when I
bought it, and now it has turned to a
sickly blue in less than two weeks
"Well, madam" expostulated the
clerk, ''you could hardly expect a
color to go faster than that" t."-Leslie's s
Weekly.
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
HOOdOOed,

Mrs. Crawford (after their first
quarreD-lt was all your blame. Nam
ma always said was the one girl in
million.
Crawford - A fellow can't play
against such luck as that. Look what
chance I had to be happy for life,
and to think that an old million-to-one
shot had to come along and beat me
out.-Judge.
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
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Never Pleased.

People are never satisfied" re-
marked the man with the mild eye
and the gentle voice.
what is the difficulty?'
"There is no real difficulty. have
merely been musing on how hard it
is to please. When I was boy peo-
pie used to scold me for reading ro-
mances and detective stories instead
OF Shakespeare. Now that I have
grown older and really enjoy Shakes
peare, they snser and ask why I in
sist on being such an old fogy."-
Washington Star.
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
Commendable Foretbourht

"Your letters to me-" said the af-
fianced bride one day, "are so cold and
formal"
Surely, my DEAR" exclaimed the lit
erary celebrity, stung by her re-
proach, 'when they are published,
after my death, they will be found to
be models of composition, breathing
the most exalted sentiments and
couched in absolutely correct Eng
ish!'-Chicago Tribune.
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
The Secret of Her Success

"Mrs. Blithe seems to be very pop
ular with the gentlemen. They all
seem to be very anxious to have a
word with her. Is she a brilliant con-
versationalist?
''No, she is not a brilliant CONVEX
sationalist; but she makes every man
think he is."-Leslie's Weekly.
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
Hia Dilemma.

Van Dorn-Why did Highhyer lool
so depressed this morning?
Jelleby-Why, he called on Mabel
Million last night and found Miss Dol
lars and Miss Banks both there.
Van Dorn-Wen? ~'-
Jelleby-Why, you see. he's engaged
to all of them :-Leslie's Weekly.
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
A Tardy Acknowledgment.

Wife-I never knew anyone that was
so indisposed to action as you are. ]
don't believe you were ever in hurry
in your life.
J. Husband-You are wrong, madam
You seem to forget the time when
proposed to you.- Richmond Dispatch
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
The Worm Turned.

Are you going out tonight, dear?"
said the husband to the emancipa ted
woman.
II am. It is the regular weekly
meeting of the lodge"
Then I want to say to you''-and
there was an unusual defiance in the
mild mans tone-"I want to say that
II you are not home by II O'Clock l
shall 60 home to my father"
Weekly.
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
Ready to Marry.

Friend-And so you are to marry
George Slimpurse?
Sweet Girl-Yes, in a few weeks
now. It will be case of love in a cot
tage, and we've found little gem of
a place out in the country. We shall
be SO happy.
81 should like to meet him. Can't
you have him here to tea some night?"
Impossible, my dear. The cook has
left, and we are obliged to go to a
restaurant for meals."-N. Y. Weekly.
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
Lurfnx the Uuwary.

II notice that the proprietor Of The
restaurant next door displays the
choicest cuts and the most delicious
looking vegetables in front OF the
mirrors in his window"
eyes; he evidently likes to give the
people food for reflection" ."-Leslie's
Weekly.
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
THE PATENT OFFICE.
One of the Most Import rtant Branches
of Our Government.
Founded by the Framers Of the Con-
stitution and Carefully Nursed
BY the Omcers First Placed
in CharEe Of 1t.
Especial Washington Letter.1

II years the patent Office has suf-
fcient room for the transac-
tion OF it's voluminous and increasing
ly important business. The interior
department building, one of the most
beautiful structures in this city, was
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
Mfsnlaced Hon0rs.

Willie Borem entertaining his SIS
ter's caller)-Do you like + baseball
very much, Mr.. Jamaica?
Mr.. jamaica never played ball
much, Willie. I enjoy golf
Willie Borem (disappointedly) -
Why, 1 heard pa tell Susan you wa,
great catch!-Brooklyn Eagle.
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
About the Size of II

The greatest bore upon this earth,
The biggest nuisance known,
Is he who talks about himself
And his small affairs alone,
When you think he ought to listen
While you talk about your eWn.
Chicago Daily News
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
Artful DOdHinE

Billson-Hello, Jimson! I've caught
you at last. I've been trying for three
weeks to get hold of you, so as to
pay you that ten dollars l owe you,
but every time you suddenly disap-
peared.
Jimson-Eh? Have you been want
ing to see me for that?
''Of course"
"Great snakes! I thought you want
ed to borrow more."-N. Y. Weekly.
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
Belated Wisdom

Mrs. Crimsonbeak-Do you think,
John, a person gets wisdom with
years?
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Yes; if I had
known as much 20 years ago as do
now, I never would have married.
YOnkers Statesman.
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
Must Have Jared Hi

'And then," she said in telling of
his arms
':She did?"
''Of course. Do you doubt it?'
"Oh, no. he replied, "but, after see-
ing her, can't help thinking that it
must have Jared him quite a bit."-
Chicago Post.
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
ObeyinE Orders.

Mrs. Naggs (at telephone)-Is my
husband in the office?
Office Boy-No, ma'am.
Mrs. Naggs-When will he be in?
Office Boy-I can't say.
Mrs. Naggs-Why c:,n't you?
Office Boy-Because he told me not
to.-Chicago Daily News.
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
Cent. Of Touch.

Hi-Isn't it wonderful what deli
cate sense Of touch blind people have.
DixYes. Only this morning .
blind beggar touched me for ten Jenta
Chicago Daily News. =.:
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
High Praise.

PeneloPe-That was fine mas
querade ball, wasn't it?
Perdita-Wasn't it? I never saw
you look SO well in my ife.-Detroit
Free Press. d.
Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08
A Dancer.

Whene'er man says: "I'l speak my
mind"
In tones with anger reeking.
He fails, you'll very often find.
To mind what he is speaking.
Washington Star