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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-27
the 9th day of May, 1905,

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF REAL ES-
~ TATE IN ALEXANDRIA COUNTY.
By virtue of a decree entered III the suit
between +. p. B. Sands ct ais. compliments,
and William II. Breen ct ais, defendants.
pending in the Circuit Court Of Alexandria
county, Virginia, the undersigned Commits
sioners of Sale appointed to make the sale
will offer for sale at public auction in front OF
the premises described below, on
MONDAY,
the Sth day of May, 1905,
at about 5 o'clock p. NJ, the following de-
scribed property in Alexandria county, Vir'
mia:
Lot No. A of Newby's subdivision ola part
of the Rosslyn Farm. according to plat re.
corded in Liber H., No. 4. folio 1874, one of
the land records of said Alexandria county,
containing 59,475 square feet of ground front,
ing on the BallstOn and Georgetown road, ana
about ! of a mile west of Rosslyn..
Terms of Sale-One-third Of the purchase
money in cash and the residue thereof in two
equal payments at six and twelve months from
day Of sale, the deferred payments to bear IN
terest to be evidenced by the notes OF the pur-
chaser and to be secnred by a retention Of the
title or a deed of trust OH the property.
JOHN NJ. JOHNSON,
r. Ii. PHILLIPS,
Commissioners Of Sale.
/. Geo. II. Rucker, Clerk of the Circuit
Eo,,.t oc Alaxapdrio eountV Va. do hereby
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-27
Inv n. ID. Knox. Auetioneer.

DN fs II . huOAs
DY Virtue OF A DEED OF TRUST
- made by William H.. Smith and wife to
me. bearing date on the 2Sth day of January,
1904. and duly of record in the land records
Of the city Of Alexandria, Virginia, in deed
book No. so, page Is, and at the request OF
the party thereby secured, default having
been made in the payment Of the note secured
by the said deed of trust, the undersigned
trustee will offer for sale on
SATURDAY,
the 9th day of May, 1905.
nj - O'Clock m, in front Of the Royal street
entrance TO the Market building, in the said
city. ALL THAT LOTT OF GROUND WITH
THE BUILDINGS THEREON, in the said
city of Alexandria, and bounded as follows
tO-wit:
Beginning on the north side of Princess
street at a point 20 feet west Of Royal street,
and running thence west on Princess street "a
feet; thence north. parallel to Royal street, ~
feet to On alley 10 feet wide; thence east on
said alley "a feet, and thence south IN adirect
line so feet to the beginning. with all appur-
tenances.
Terms of Aale: Cash. Cost Of conveyancing
at the expense of the purchaser.
an20 td FORA HILL, Trustee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-27
FOUNDERS AND MACHINIsTs
j. 4 HI. AITCHESON,

PRACTICAL MACHINISTS AND ENGL,
NEERS.
And Builders Of
MARINE AND STATIONARY ENGINES
B~lacksmithing and Steam Fitting. EngL
nesrs' aud Machinists' Supplies, and all sort
Of mill work and that connected with brick
work promptly executed. Repairing promps
ly done.
j. & II. AITCHESON,
116 King Street, /: Alexandria. Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-27

GOOD FIGS CHEAP.-To close them out
| will sell $50 lbs. Figs at &c pound. Price be-
fore Christmas l0c. j, G, MILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-27

FAT MACKEREL rr sale at Sc, Toe,
SUI zoo each bv j. C. MILBURN
LEADBEATERS'S Perfected Preparation
Of the Tasteless Extract of COD LIVER OIL.
IL ounce bottles zoe. For sale by
T.. 8 LEADBEATER 4 SONS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-16
ROAD 5000 YEARS OLD.

The road from HONS to Hama runs
almost due north a straight white
line cutting across the geen fields. 1t
is one of the oldest routes in the world.
Caravans have been passing along it
for at least 5000 years, just as we saw
them--long strings of slow moving
camels with their bright coIored bags
of wheat.
One could almost imagine that
Pharaoh was again calling down the
corn of Klamath to fill his granaries
against the seven years of famine. But
even here the old things are passing.
Just beyond the long line of camels
was longer line of fellah women,
their dirty blue robes killed above
their Knees, carrying upon their
shoulders baskets of earth aud stone
for the roadbed of the new French
railway.
The carriage road is French. too,
and a very good road it is. Some men
were repairing it with a most ingeni-
Gus roller. 1t was a great round stone,
drawn by two oxen and having its
axle prolonged by twenty-foot pole,
at the end of which barelegged Arab
was fastened to balance the whole af-
fair. If the stone had toppled over
the picture of the Arab dangling at
the top of the slender flagstaff would
have been worth watching
All along the road we were remind
ed of the east. 1t is fertile soil, but
the Yerv wheatfields are different
from ours. Only few yards in
width, they are often of tremendous
length. | hesitate to commit myself
to figures, but it is certain that the
thin, green fields would stretch away
in the distance until lost over some
little elevation. At one place the
road was cut through a hill honey
combed with rock tombs which the
haj said were Jewish.
Every now and then we passed a
tel, or great hemispherical mound,
built up of the rubbish of dozen
ruined towns, for even as late as Ro-
man times this was II well cultivated
| and populous country. There is now
no lumber available for building pur-
poses, and in a number ofvillages the
houses are all built with conical roofs
ofstone. Where the rock happens to
be of a reddish tinge the houses re-
mind one of nothing so much as a
collection of Indian wigwams. Where
the stone is white, as at Tell ct Biseh,
it glitters and sparkles like q fairy
city cut out of loaf ugar.-Scribner's
| Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-16

quired to show cause why thew
should not also be dismissed from the
service. This is but an indication of
the publication of the department
that is going on in all parts of the
country, and when Mr. Cortelyou re-
turns from Europe and takes charge
the process is likely to be accelerated.
Mr.. COrtelyOu. though a Young man,
has been tried in many capacities,
and has not been found wanting. The
public expect rather an unusual
quality of ability in his admInistra-
ton of the Postof1ice Department.
With the retirement of Mr.. Bristow,
who was the only person who could
have divided credit and authority
with Mr.. Cortelyou in the depart
ment, the Il tier will have a free
hand to continue reforms, so ably in
augurated by Mr.. Bristow. 1t is not
often in any department that tbk
can be found too many able and u
est men, but it is clear that in Mr.
Bristow and Mr.. Cortelvou the Post
office was embarrassed with capable
reformers. To Mr.. Wynn fell the I'M
pleasant task of making Mr.. Bris-
tow's place uncomfortable, and when
Mr.. Cortelvou takes charge he will
have clear field
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, who is
under indictment for having received
money for services rendered in having
ID land claim pushed through the de-
partment, is still in Washington, and
continues to assert his conviction
that he will be entirely cleared when.
the court meets in April. Senator
Mitchell has not appeared in the Sen
ate since he made bis dramatic speech
on the floor of the Senate and so pos
itiyelv asserted his innocence.
Agricultural interests absorbed the
Senate on Thursday, and for once
the farmer was the man of the hour.
For almost an entire afternoon the
Senate was engaged in discussion
of the policy of distributing ordinary
farm and garden seeds from the Ag-
ricultural Department through mem
bers of Congress. Mr.. Lodge and
those witch him in the debate on the.
subject stated that the seed sent out
were the common varieties, to be
bought of dealers everywhere, and
urged that only rare varieties should
be supplied free to the people He
criticized the appropriation of $94O,.
600 for supplying seeds which were of
the cheapest and commonest varieties.
He characterized the whole scheme as
humbug and added, wear after
year we are appropriating the peoples
money for the purpose of making
gifts to our constituents. 1t is a
pleasant thing to do, we all like to do
it, but we should not forget that we
are making the country pay for it."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-16
Well Known Railroad Man Dead

Mr.. Daniel Cowan, for many years
Supervisor of Engines and assistant
Train Master of the B. & o. Railroad
at Piedmont, died at his home in that
city Thursday after several week Sc
we're illness. Mr.. Cowan's health had
been failing for some time past and
he had not been able to perform his
duties with the B. & o. for some
months. The funeral occurred at
Piedmont, Saturday afternoon, at
two o'clock, and interment was made
there. There is by noiploss railroad
man in this section of the country
better known than was Mr.. Cowan,
and hundreds of b. & O. employees
will sincerely mourn his demise. Mr..
Cowan's services to the b. & o. were
ALWAYS of very valuable nature, and
especially so in case of bad wrecks,
the cleaning up of which he often su-
perintended very efficiently and in a
business like manner. He stood quite
high in the estimation of b. & o. eX-
ecutive officials and was often seen
with them on inspection or pleasure
trips over the road. Often bluff in
manner and at times apparently hasty
in his demeanor, he nevertheless pos
sessed yery kind heart and has be-
friended many man on his Journey
through life in a material way. The
deceased was highly honored by all
his townsmen and the funeral was
one of the largest ever occurring in
Piedmont.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-16
Letter to L. J. Brown.
Oakland.

Dear Sir &: A gallon saved is 81 or
S. earned.
Two gallons saved is So or $40 earn
ed
Three gallons saved is $12 or SIS
earned
Four gallons saved is SIC or $40
earned
Five gallons saved is $50 or $25
earned.
1t costs So or 81 a gallon to paint,
besides the paint; as much to brus h
on a gallon of worthless paint as De-
voc.
Mr. Ezra Rathmell, Wiliamsport,
Pa, always used II gallons of mixed
paint for his house; Devoe took 6.
Yours truly
f. w. DEvOE & Co.
4S New York
p. S. J. M. Davis & Sons, sell our
paint
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-16
For Sale-Tread Power.

Can use one, two or three horses,
suitable for grinding corn on cob,
saving wood, shredding fodder, chop
ping hay or straw-in fact anything
power may be attached to. The ma.
chine is almost new, in thorough re-
pair and will be sold at a bargain.
Farm work requiring use of horses
operating it and the installation of a
gas engine to take it's place is our
reason for Offering it for sale.
w. H. CHADDERTON,
Altamont Springs Farm,
Deer Park, Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-16
How To Make Money.
paint.

Buy a farm in the South where
you have all the advantages of set
tied country, where the land is still
cheap, where crops are sure and the
climate is unsurpassed. A personally
conducted excursion party will leave
Chicago Tuesday, February 21st, for
an inspection trip through the South.
Join this party and see for yourself
Write today for free descriptive mat
ter and full particulars to E. A. Rich
ter, Pass. & Land Agent, Illinois
Central r. R., No. ST. Bessemer Bldg,
Pittsburg, Pa. Feb. 81.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-16

hungry.
This miracle marks the beginning
of official hostility to Jesus. OF set
purpose He continues His benign
work of healing on the Sabbath-day.
There are six recorded Instances and
probably many unrecorded.
1t seems like irony to ask man to
stand on legs unused for thirty-eight
years, and to carry . bed on which
he was always carried himself. But
this is an instance of importation of
power to the powerless.
Wilt thou be made whole?" The
question was needful. Miserable. not
always willing to be healed. Mendi-
cants trade on their sores. Invalids
traffic with rhe pity of their relatives.
There are also spiritual yaletudinar-
ians
Crowding the pool is like frequent
ing the ordinances of religion. The
Churches are full of spiritual paralvt-
les. They do not doubt efficacy of
grace. but have no expectation of
themselves being made strong and
useful
rIOsaic from Commentaries.
a feast: Probably not the Pass
over. st. John would never have
called it a feast-prohably Purim.-
Camb. Bid. Is at Jerusalem: No
evidence from the present tense that
gospel was written before the destruc-
ton of Jerusalem. Ibid. A pool:
Water supply OF the city marvel
ten million gallons in store. Hebrew
tongue: Aramaic, coloquial Ian
guage-not Hebrew of Scripture
Camb. Bib. Five porches: Colon
AIDES. Troubled the water: Committed
by best manuscript represented popu-
lar belief; added as a gloss, then in
serted in text.-Ibid. Made whole:
Work of God in medicinal spring,
emblem of saving work of God in gen
eral.-Lange. Had an infirmitv: Lit
orally who had passed thirty-eight
years in his infirmity. Wilt
thou? More strongly, Dost thou viii?
Ibid. Question of conscious power.
-Lange. To put me in: Literally,
to throw me in. The gush of water
did not last long; no time for quiet
carrying .-Camb. Ibid. Rise: At
tempting to rise after thirty eight
years of impotencY was an open con.
fession of faith.-Ibid Not lawful:
Ignores cure: Notice what can be at
tackled. - Ibid. He that made me
whole: Natural defiance in first flush
of recovered health.-Ibid. Authori-
ty of Wonder-worker put against
theirs.-Tholuck. HE that gave me
strength told me how to use it," In
tuitiyelv the great principle of Chris
tian obedience laid down. If Christ
is Source of life, He is also Source of
law.-Dods. What man is that? Con-
temptuous fellow).-Camb. Bid. I'm
favorable side of what had taken
place brought out. Malicious persons
always do that.-Alford. Conveyed
himself away: Literally, swan out
graphic description of making ones
way out of a crowd.-Camb. Bid.
Afterwards: He did not see Jesus in
the crowd. he saw Him in the temple.
A certain solitude necessary.-Augus-
tine. Sin no more: Only general con-
nectiop of sin with eyil.-Lange.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-16
Mid-Wlnter Tours to Washington.

Thursdays, February9th and March
23rd, only $6.15 round trip from Oak
land. On above dates tickets will be
sold for all regular trains, valid re-
turning ten days, including date of
sale.
A beautiful and artistic Guide to
Washington" profusely illustrated
and complete in detail, with con-
venient reference map, can be OBJ
tanned at all ticket agencies of the B
& o. r. r. for ten cents per copy
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-16

Mr.. Arthur Townshend, who has
been associated with S. L. Townshend
& Son for the past 20 years, has retir-
ed from the firm.
We invite you to call and would be
pleased to have your orders.
Yours truly,
MRS. S. L. TOwNSHEND.
Oakland, Md, Jan. 25, 1905. At
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-16

to $1.00 with Devoe's Gloss Carriage
Paint 1t weighs to ozs. more to
the pint than others, wears longer
and gives a gloss equal to new work.
Sold by J. NJ. DAVIS & Sons. June 1
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-16
Attention Dancers!

All those desiring to learn to dance,
as we'll as others interested and will
ing to assist in the opening and main
tenance of first-class dancing class,
will please communicate with the I'M
dersigned at the Republican office,
city.
L. LoCHNER,
Instructor Round Dancin o
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-16
The Teachers Lantern.

The classics are full of legends
about fountains, but the Hebrew
tradition of the "Fount of Miriam"
surpasses them all in spiritual signifi-
canoe. The story is that this is the
fountain from which the Jews drank
in the wilderness. After they occu-
pied Canaan its waters flowed into
the Sea of Galilee, and at the end of
every Sabbath these same waters
flowed out and mingled with the
waters of all fountains.
1t matters little what feast this was.
This important truth is that Jesus
went up to every feast. He might
have claimed exemption. On the con-
trary he could challenge his critics
Which of YOU convicteth me of the
sin of ON hitting ceremony of the
law?' Absentees from public worship
find no encouragement in the exam
pie of Jesus.
On the other hand, extreme literal
lists, stlcklers for technicalities, find
no encouragement. Jesus was after
substance, not shadow; spirit, not let
ter.
There is no lack of genuine sympa-
thy with the individuals upon whom
or for whom miracles were wrought.
Yet the average reader can plainly
see the symbolism o. this and also
the following miracle. They are
scenic, pictorial, designed to show
Jesus relation to the soul. In the
one instance He makes Himself a Be
thesde, a fountain of mercy for clean
ing, and causes well of water to
spring up within. In the other He
shows Himself the Bread of Life,
while at the same time He feeds the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-16
Good Coal at ow Prices.

| offer fol sale at the mine located
on the Cornelius johnson place near
Deep Creek good lump coal at 81 per
ton. The supply is unlimited and ON
hand at all times. PETER SINES.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-16

Purim was a rOllicking, boisterous
festival, the Jewish carnival. JesusN
showed his humanness by attending
it. He believed that the Hebrews
escape from from Hannah "should
never be forgot" Putting Himself
in sympathetic touch with the joy
business of the hour gave Him golden
opportunity to declare Himself and
His message. No doubt He went to
those places where the people most
congregated, but he also visited one
place most neglected and stunned,
the lazar-house of Jerusalem He ex-
changed the chatter of merrymakars
for the low, endless, pitiful wall of
the congregation of cripples in the
five porches of Bethesda. His errand
was to both the joyous and the je-
june.
With the practiced eye of connois-
seur of misery he parceled out the
most abject, helpless, and hopeless.
case-one bedridden thirty eight
years. The mind sharing the pafaly-
sis of the body must be reused from
its inane torpor by the electric shock
of surprising question. "Wilt thou
be made whole?" is an electric volt
The startled man begins to apologize
TO his lnterlocutor as if he were being
found fault with for letting his OPP por-
tunities pass. His answer reveals his
extremity. He is not only sick, but
friendless.
Riser Take up thy bed, ;"
Walk are the imperatives of in
finite power The feeble human will
is strangely energized. See marvel!
The withered limbs move. The soles
of the feet are planted upon the
ground. The man rises. He stoops,
rolls up his mat. He walks
The Pharisaical objection to the
healed man carrying his bed on the
Sabbath comes in like burlesque.
UnwittinglY the cured paralytic
sounds the note of contest between
the young, reforming Rabbi and the
venerable ecclesiastical establish
ment-a three years battle-termi-
mating in the bloody scene of Calvary.
Jesus had come to this feast with
the set purpose to honor the ordi-
nances of religion. But not less so
was it His set purpose to break the
traditions of the elders and the COM
mandments of men. The scribes and
Pharisees had taken the ceremonial
law as a thread and had strung it full
of the empty baubles of human ordi-
nances. They were insincere and
hypocritical. They heaped these in
tolerable obligations of their own de-
Yising upon the backs of other men,
but they would not so much as put
out the little fiuger to lift them for
themselves. Jesus purposely crushed
these empty and gilded beads of Gus
tom, but He never violated the law.
He reyered and kept it. He did this
that all might see the difference be-
tween the commandment of God and
the ordinance of man.
Jesus was after more important
matters than the tiJhing of mint, an
nice, and cummin. He sought the
weightier matter of the law-the eyo-
luton of moral and spiritual qualities
in the human soul by means of which
mCn deal justly, love mercy and walk
humblY-the evolution of the king
dom of heaven within, whose essence
is righteousness and whose cocomi-
tants are peace and Joy.
The Teachers Lantern.
The classics are full of legends
about fountains, but the Hebrew
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-16
Administrators Notice.

This is to give notice, That the subsc /,
of Garrett county, hath obtained free
Orphans Court of Garrett county, il &sl.-,
Land, Letters of Administration on the pc
sonal estate of
ELMIRA TASKER,
late of Garrett county, deceased. All per-
sons having claims against the deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same, with TT
vouchers thereof legally authenticated d
the subscriber. on or before the 26th day Of
July next; they may otherw Use by law
be excluded from all benefit of saio estate All
persons knowing themselves indebted t.
said estate are requested to make Immediate
payment.
Given under my hand this Goth day of
January, 1905.
RICHARD TASKER,
Administrator,
Blaine w. Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-16

Only ten cents and up, double roll
Matthews opposite old post ofIic
Has car load wall paper. Call and
examine. 49-St.
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No Gloss Carriage Paint Made

will wear as long as Devoe's. No
others are as heavy bodied, because
Devoe's weigh 3 to ounces more to
the pint. Sold by j. M. DAVIS &
Sons. June I.
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Wanted-One hundred wives.
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Jesus At The Pool OF Bethesda.

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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-03-18

Tokyo, March 16.-The Japanese &C.
cupied Tie paes Wednesday midnight.
London, March 16.-The Posts
Shanghai correspondent cables re-
port that the japanese already occupy
TieIing, the aggressiveness of the Jap
anese being too much for the battle
worn Russians, who were unable to
make the stand that was expected OF
them there.
Many of the defeated Russians are
trying to escape to Kiri. The Japan
csc since the retreat from Mukden was
begun, have been using the guns that
brought about the fall Of Port Arthur,
and the artillery fire has caused enor-
nous losses to the Russians.
St. Petersburg, March 16.-Flank-
ing tactics by the Japanese apparently
are in progress again, the Associated
Press correspondent who remains at
Tie pass telegraphing that Gen. Mist
chenke on March IA engaged Japan
ESQ force on the Russian right. 1t is
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-03-18
PROBABLY ACCIDENTAL.
Latest Theory as to Cause of Death
of Mrs. Stanford,

Latest Theory as to Cause of Death
Of Mrs. Stanford.
Honolulu, March l3.-The theory
has been suggested here that Mrs.
Stanford's death was accidental. An
overdose of strychuine might, it is
pointed out, have been taken intention
ally as tonic. The slight amount Of
strychnine indicated in the bicarbon-
ate Of soda has suggested this theory
A local chemist has estimated that the
strychnine in half teaspoonful of the
bicarbonate Of soda was less than one
hundredth of a grain. judging by the
analysis of the rest Of the bottle. The
contents Of the capsules which were
prescribed for Miss Berner probably
contain more strychnine than won d
be safe for person Of Mrs. Stanford
years. The chemist above referred to
says that if Mrs. Stanford took two OF
these capsules for their tonic effect q
fatal result cwas not impossible.