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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-03
Richmond, Va, March /, 1906

Richmond, Va, March |, 1906
The City Council Of Alexandria, Daniel H.
Stansbury, Clerk, Alexandria, Va.
Gentlemen: beg to cknOwledge receipt
of the telegram, as also the resolutions OF the
City Council, expressing opposition to House =,
bin No. 81. In reply, beg TO say. this Dill
passed the House week or ten days, ago;
After reading the bill and before had heard
Of any objections to it, ] found that it did not
affect the city Of Alexandria. and hence saw
no reason why should oppose il, it being
urged very vigorously by. the representatives.
Of at least three cities, who are interested In
having il passed. The bill is still pending
in the Senate undisposed of. anh ] have no
doubt that Senator Machen will act upon the
matter when it comes up before that body.
The city of Alexandria is not affected. because
in cities under 1900 the salaries are I'M
changed and it only applies to cities above
1900. The evidence Of population upon
which the salaries are fixed is the last United
States census, and alexandria could be in no
way affected by the bill until a new census
is taken; and independently of this 1t would
not affect the present incumbents OF the Of
fees of police justc s, for the reason the con-
stitution prohibits the increase OF salaries dur
ing the term Of Office.
Yours very truly,
las r. CATION.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-03
JOHN D.NORMOYLB
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w ines: salary after 80 days; $3.50 deposit
reonired. Call III Duke street. narl 81
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Wanted at Once.

GOOD. TEMPERATE MEN. who can
catch and load brick, to drive brick wagons
49, right ami will not abuse their teams;
a Is for a days work. NEW WASHING
ron BRICK COMPANY, Alermdrls eoun'
ty, Va.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
that's all.

The new substance possessed strange fascination in
the Of its dscoverer. The irdescen crystals seemed
TO be the bearers Of some him. But what was
this message2
He set about to First the making of II on
slightly larger scale building furnace with four bricks
and the result increased production. Then he
studied it and tested it, was almost If
not quite as hard the diamond; intensely sharp and
ntuslble at known heat This him wonder If It
might not be used for the polishing precious stones
II was foolish to think of adapting ordinary abra-
sve uses for the world already employed emery in these
and emery could be sold prohtably for a pound
While Carborndum would 20 cents carat, or $3.50
pound and then how did he ever make so
much pound of
II now sells for 10 cents pound 100000 pounds
or 1t are produced annually in Niagara Falls But this
IS ante-cIimax
1t occurred to Mr Acheson that jewellers paid 20 cents
carat for diamond powder which 20 polish gems and
he felt they would like save the 90 cents II they
could SO when he had made enough of this new stuff tn
NIL vial that had once held sugar pills he nut the worlds
entire supply Of Carborundum in his vest nocLet sn5
started for New York
The first gem merchant he went to laughed q laugh
that had rusty through constant use and said he
would try it just to show it wouldn't work R,t if did
work, and Acheson went back Monongabela CITY, With
order for ten carats at 40 cents carat
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

giving check for $500 and for balance Re
turning Cincinnati, she called upon by one OF
the and induced 10 cash her
If the bold dealers had really purchased the goods
from the merchants from whom they borrowed they
would have made a profit Of about SO,9O AS it was.
the police they simply returned the goods
owners and pockeed the entire amount minus
porary Of the store.
1t is perhaps unnecessary to that the widow
failed to receive the goods she had paid for The two
men were arrested and lodged in jail Later, is
stated. they compromised by returning $4,000 of the
money, and the refused press the charge Of
swindling.
Recently man of the same name as one in the Gin
Clnnau case arrested In Chicago charged with OBJ
OF the transactions stated to be book venture"
although its exact nature had not been revealed.
A St Louis woman, the police said, intrusted $4,000
70 MIN; one IN Cincinnati had $4,000 worth of faith
invested $4,000 In a rosy dream.
Much more easily satisfied a smooth individual
who recently left trail of Tudely shaken confidence
through the country about Columbus, Ind, when he
readily picked $500 more for suits Of clothes that
never materialized
Having samples goods. order blanks and an in
gTdtiatng manner, representing himself agent
OF a wel-known Chicago tailoring house. and Offering
me talor-Tnade suits for So the smooth did
rushing business; but he careful to collect upon
taking the order.
What proved to be the really alIurng bait however
was offer that If the customer would buy three suits
and two dress patterns for $50 the house present
his Wife daughter. or any he wished a handsome
tailor-Tnade suit free Of charge.
In great number Of cases the $50 was paid and
a date fixed upon which the customers to visit
the city and have their they never
again saw their money or the clothing.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

Niagara signing the second Of all similar contracts that
have been made and moving factory
Of the cataract.
1t seemed foolish thing do. But the that it
wise fooshness attesed by further fact that
50 horsepower used IN operation the queer
looking furnaces In which constantly being produced the
hottest heat in all the world-a that
one perspire to think of It.!
Imagine, if you can, 1000 degrees of heat!
Go ordinary blacksmith forge and work the bellows
until you white heat ana then
conceive making that times as not as it is
and YOU be able form idea the heat required
TO bring this remarkable substance into being
Or if would be any easier. conceive slice Of the sun
and will have it, for the temperature Of these Car
borundum furnaces Is approximately that of sun.
The workmen who take Of them call 1t purple
heat" and after Of them has poked steel rod into
heish center of cooling furnace you look into
the cleaning, sizzling hole wherein piece Of fre-cay
would instantly vanish in and any metal
TO gas. you feel that the term is well applied
II is regal sort OF heat; astounding heat; heat
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
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Carborundum was made The success which followed
their Introduction made possible the securing Of capital
with which 70 continue the manufacture. And
human suffering IS concerned It is possible that nothing
the so-caed minor adjuncts surgery has done
so much to alleviate pain these tiny discs points
If he is benefactOT who blades grass
grow where but before. then surely that one
has some claim human gratitude lessons by two
sitive tootht
This is one Of the things Carboruudum has done
just about began to do this we'll was
discovered that in order continue manufacture with
any profit electricity would have secured for less
than thought could got possibilities
seemed great but would key cheap electricity
open the door them, and that key TO be
found?
At that crucial moment the harnessng Of some OF
Niagara's power planned accomplished and
when cheap electricity became necessity became
And the little company that been using 1s5
electrical horsepower in the production Of forty
five Of Carborundum only half Of was being
Sold by Of its high price. entered into ong-ter
contract and for 1000 electrical horsepower
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
Many Mythical Estates.

one of the most extensive swindles popular just
Is that dealing with estate omewhore-generaly
IN Europe-that ''rightfully belongs your family
United States Minister HILL The Hague, that
he has been receiving hundreds of letters recently
gardng mythical estate in Holland which, he asserts
shaTpers In America have been using for thirty
means OF getting money from the cTeduous
PERSONS suppOsng themselves heirs to fortune
Holland have organized in Colorado, Pennsylvania
and in other states for the prosecution Of their
GAINS The value of the supposed to be
legal claimants variousy estimated from SOS 900
to S0e,000e0
" with regard imaginary estates in Holland" said
Mlhiser EiiL 1T be stated that as long 1870
the American Minister The Hague made report in
which the fraudulent character of publications soliciting
money subscriptions from parties in the United States
fully set forth.
The Holland estates include the Anneke-Jans' the
Gronkneit the Van Cot the Van Dussen the Weber
the Brandt, and the Aetzger, which supposed to
nothing.
estates do exist; they are myths The Bank
Holland in which the unclaimed millions alleged TO
De deposited, does not exist"
For twenty years swindlers reaped harvest
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
The Rise of an Industry.

On the strength of this order he Organized thu r-ar
borundum Company and built furnace that would nro
duce four day. These improved methods fairly
swamped the market, and the price soon fell 10 si4a
pound, And the supply outstrpped the demand untf il
found that the operation of vaIve-grndng copd ba
performed In fraction Of accustomed time If
Carborundum used.
Then the price fell to $40 pound purchasers would
keep or two pound in their and weigh t
the contents to the foremen they needed It. And an %
sudden the demand passed the supply and the ean,a
electric light plant one-car electric raii,
10 secure steady flow OF needed current car
borundum seemed to have made good
When the annual production had mounted to fortvava
tons the demand failed show further increase
owing the high and the might have suffered
the loss of its valuable and widely ,soa
products had the dentists to the rescue
For to-day Carborundum soles of our SHOES
and roughs up suede gloves, serapes our homes
after we dead and in the dssecJing ROOM and orna
ments our signs and hus for our friends in
India and polishes tombsoues and the stones we
these and our pearl buttons
sharpens our carving knives razors and keeps
from slipping down we descend to the
subway and does hundred other Jobs of i'm
portance addition its principal done through
abrasive wheels
And it all these things because dentists found
would greatly facilitate their business of mouth-mining
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

from the Russian family OF Horowitz by inducing
bers to seek phantom fortune Of S400O said to have
been left by Bishop Horowz in California is stated
that one in New York spent $4,000 in endeavorng
to substantae his claim, and finally forced to grind
ing hand organ
Gradual pucking of victims however. is not swift
enough for the punging class Of swlnders When the
arrest Of c. Augustus Seton New York last summer
brought to light the Norfolk and Western Railroad
forgery number Of clever crooks caught in the
police net
The general scheme elaborate one-that of
forging bonds of several railroads including
sYvania New York Central and Louisville Nashville
ana me promoters believed they would have cleaned Up
something Ike NQ0OO00 had * gone through.
Just as daring system O thefts which caused
loss OF more than Sl0o00 months ago Operations
were al the New York piers steamship coast lines
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
Sparkling Crystals Uncovered.

Is 1t any wonder that as the worknen, standing On
heavy planks keep from bsering feet showed
off the black covering they presently pounds
of sparkling crystals. shining with all the colors
rainbow and giving what Is heat that
made them for hours 10 come
In big iron buggies the Carborundum is carted
the Crusher Here gTanulaed by the swift revou-
ton OF ponderous wheels and after
result is that might breakfast food
but for the color And then the grading
large thrtysx-inch abrasive wheels which
grinding wheels the grade Is used
homes the hnest-it -four All thess
pressed into shape hydraulcally then fired in
kiln where white heat reigns.
And this product Of such heat will cut anything
in the world. the surface a diamond IT will eat
its through chilled steel easily as you and I eat
through a slice homemade bread II viii
put gloss the ruby and the sapphire there is no
acid in existence that will dissolve 1t will resist any
known heat 1t is the child of the greatest heat
Such are the properties OF the substance Acheson dis
covered through his "fooing fifteen years ago Every
month widens the scope in practical use As before
amazing number Of articles versatility seems
wise exhausted
The company Is doubling its furnace capacity The
whole world is calling fOr Carborundum TO spend
a in the shipping-room the plant is ike
taking course in geography. It is every nook
and corner Of the earth
And it is rather interesting If the price
Of had changed in its growth carat product TO
carload product the value Of the output would
be Si49oOlOl
Even though it does fall short Of this amount by a
few hundred millions it worth the .fooling,'
wasn't it?
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
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that makes wonder IT, after ALL the orthodox right
about their ideas Of one part OF the hereafter
There fifteen Of these furnaces the height
man and about ten by twenty feet in size They built
loosely Of brick. and after each pieces
and rebuilt for the charge since the intense heat
often mes the bricks together In furnace is piled
mixture Of powdered coke. fine white sand granuated
carbon, salt, and sawdus-the provide
for the escaping Of which is generated
each burning.
Through the center OF each furnace is laid Of
carbon around which packed the mixture and after the
top has been rounded the electricity Is applied
The cables that carry the current from end 10
another thick through a strong mans wrist.
They securely connected to the furnace either
end, and current having energy Of 1900 horsepower
is turned In few hours blue flames begin shoot
out between the bricks and from top
But there is other evidence Of the intense
heat within
The burning goes on for thirtysix hours. Then the
current is turned of and the furnace allowed
several hours.
Enough heat has been used in that small space to
raise 1A00o gallons Of boiling point; 20
heat 10000 pounds OF iron red hot! Is any wonder II
produces something and stranger
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
A Fine Scheme FoiIed.

This of collision, and as a chain is no
stronger tnan It's the
apart when one OF the accused confessed
y simple scheme 1t simple Il puzzled
rest detectives for weeks. When merchant wished to
snip case of goods South for ex-
ample, and it called by trucKmsn in the Mot n
never reached the wharf taken nlrnediateIv to
receiver OF stolen goods
The truekman then took his bill Of adng to a checker
VINO checked II as the goods having been received
II went TO clerk for his 20 k IN order to complete
the record OF all these persons were In the Mot
and they divided the proceeds OF the the goods
SO bold did they become that they made away with
entre ruCkoadS, taking only the very silks and
Wooens The pathetic part Of the story clerks
IN Cue[ 20 pIeVeht % k-ng SO many bills for missing
goods themselves Forged the names Of other
once usually newcomers and number Of these were
discharged.
Mrs. Paree Cheatham Denng was recently lodged IN
swndes Orvlle Widday, Of Colorado Springs charged
that she detFauded him Of 5000 bogus sale of
an imaginary tract 0f land IN Missouri.
Another citizen OF Colorado Springs asserts
secured $500 from him under promise OF marriage
the police officials alleged that the woman an ADEPT
at dealing with maTriageabe who have properly
TO dispose OF to prospective bride
sometimes the story Of "A novel swlndle comes
the water At koepenck, small town Berlin, not
guards Meeting squad OF soldiers the street,
hbted forged order marched them Koepenlck where
ne arrested the BurgOmaser and pos
session OF the towns cash, about
Leaving the soldiers guard the town and prlsone-s
the bogus captain rode of with the money
Perhaps the most curious charge. however was made
recently py New England pastor against the officers OF
ms sTeBaIoht II Is not necessary TO state the oca
The gentleman asserted that when he accented
call TO the church. he believed from an examination
later having taken his he rolls
Mhereupon the aotua membership found be 200
discouraged and saddened him resigned his pas
toTatc. -
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

Only few weeks ago "Old Master as It had been
generally regarded. suddenly withdrawn from the
American market and shipped back France This too,
after negotiations had been completed for the sale
of the painting at between s65,O0O and $4,000
Mystery surrounds the ownership, since it failed to
change hands. The painting supposed to have been
widely known to the world through his frescoes
At any rate, it brought America with a con-
siderable flourish OF trumpetS held
structed packing and surrounded the precau-
tions that usually thrown about treasure Coming
bond, il held in the New Custom House
until the duty should be paid and the painting released
The owner came at the same time lived at an
expensive hotel, and entered into negotiations with
number of wealthy art patrons dispose the Old
Master One such it is said, had virtually agreed
to buy the painting
bond owner gave $4,000 as its lowest
valuation At rate Of 70 cent, the duty would have
painting could be sold for $4,000 $4,000.
The gitterlng bubble prlcked, however he
customs appraiser after careful examination,
the painting valuation of only 5000 Negotiations
sale of course, to end right there and the
ehagrined Spectator returned to France his "Od
Master"
cFened what seemed TO be promising field Many
American collectors Of paintings objects
endowed with than special training: thev
are greatly impressed by namesand 1t easy to attrb-
ute canvases 'Old Masters.
With equal adroitness and greater success two men
accused recently Of swindling wealthy widow of
Cincinnati who had to New York TO seIect new
furnishings for her house How they learned of her
aleTtneSS
The men, it is charged by the police rented
vacant store for short time, borrowed some hand
some and costly carpets and other furnishings from
merchants in the vicinity and proceeded transact busi
ness with the Cincinnati woman.
II Is said she selected goods to the s51 600
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

ACneSon, III NonOngdnela lily, Ia, was
experimenting with an electric current.
This man was sort of dreamer. Some folks
called him fanatic on the subject of electricity,
about which comparatively little was then known.
But if he gets any pleasure out of it." they
said, ''let him go on"
That's what he did. And on the day referred
to he took little iron bowl. lined with carbon
and carbon rod and, after he had placed the
rod in the bowl, he piled mixture of carbon and
clay all around it and turned on high current
to see what would happen. Then he waited
patiently.
When the mass cooled he opened the tiny fur
mace and found few bright blue crystals sur
rounding the rod. They were so small he could
barely see them, but they sparkled like diamonds
and, what was more, he found they would cut
glass like diamonds, too!
This man-E c. Acheson is his nane-knew
great deal about metals and all that sort of thing
but he couldn't classify these crystals Yet he was
unwilling that such pretty things should remain
nameless. so he called them Carborundum.
So this, then, is the beginning of the romance
OF Carborundum, substance no trace of which
has ever been found in nature, and which straved
into being through accident. No, not by accident.
Nothing ever happens that way
The time had come for Carborundun
that's all
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

That marriage is lottery is not merely a figure Of
speech In the province Smolenss Russia; it Is an
actual fact There four times every year lottery is
held, the capital prize being young country girl with
sometimes good dowry In sheep The price a ticket
is about s. cents. At single drawing tickets are
sold. he who is fortunate enough draw the lucky
ticket has his alternatye-he may marry the GIRL II she
pleases him. also gaining thereby $3.50 addition to
whatever the girl brings her as dOHry; or II the
prize in question does please him. turn the
ticket a friend
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

The natives Of the Sandwich Islands estimate women
by their weight The Chinese require them to have
deormed feet and black teeth girl must be attooed
sky-bue and ring to satisfy South Sea
Islander Certain African princes require brides to
have their teeth filed into the senlblance Of saw.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
Some Curious Facts
and FancieS.

In Germany, during May hundreds children run about
the streets without hats when it rains gen.
orally believed that May rain healthy and that
when it falls their bare heads children will grow
quicker and gain In strength
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

In France under twenty-five years Of age whose
parents dead and whose grandfather or grandmother
alive marry without the written authority of
both, either them.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

The Tartars regard onions, leeks and garlic as per-
fumes. lady OF Tartary piece OF freshly cut
onion her hands eountenanee 10 enhance
her attractions.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

It he make the credulous believe that the white
pepper he sprnkes in shoes is magic powder curing all
Ills and can sell the shoes for 5000 pair to wealthy In
Faids what need for him. he thinks engage in other
business?
II he can import cheap paintings and palm them off as
Old Masters If he work of worthless mining stock
In big blocks supposedly presidents; if
he can dangle phantom estates before
OF large family connection and heirs heavily
for uncovering their inheranCe-n short can play
upon eredulity avariee ignorance hand
some living without work, then why work?
There probably swindlers busy to-day with
ingenious and in really unique swindles than
ever before were known and the victims hungrier
than
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

The japanese farewell. "sayonara." means something
like IF ii must be So IF part thus so be it,
kissing shaking are rarely practced in japan
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

and said to the ahead and charge US
what you like Wen take our patientsT
That saved the metal to men,
Dental goods were the first pressed which
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

IN Scotland It long customary to place on q
mans tombstone the symbols Of his trade and In burial
grounds tombsones are TO be found Thus
at the Abbey OF Dunblane, sugar may DO seen as
showing the grave OF a grocer and a Snw with
hammer and nails the carpenter; ana
an awl and hammer on that OF a shoemaker
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
Novel Swindles That Entice the Gullible Rich.

HERE is no field with an inviting prospect that
does not attract the swinder He will as readily
engage in a religious propaganda as conduct
poolroom II the financial results to himself prom
iSe to be satisfactory.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

we-rained Spanish women learn 10 handle the sword
from their earliest years and rs result they bavs
admirable figures and an easy walk
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

semi-nudity 10 IN Japan and furtherraers
1t Is regarded as being respectable and healthful
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
By Leigh Mitchell Hodges.

. NE day, fifteen years ago, a man named
Acheson, in Monongahela City, Pa, was
experimenting with an electric current.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

Courtshp in Spain regulated by tho srctes etiaues
young man Is never left alone with his fancee Near
Malaga beautiful young girl OF twenty has just COM
mted suicide by drinking cup OF coffee in which phos
phorus had been dissolved appears that the girl had
been driven to the deed by the adverse comments OF
neigheers who became aware that she had given her
sweetheart q kiss.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

In Germany what Is known a pay-weddlng Is oeen.
sionay celebrated which receives her guests
with basin before her person entering dsDo7s
jewel silver spoon piece of money IN It. In soma
parts OF Germany the rule expenses OF the mar
rase feast shall be met by each paying what
be eats or drinks The prices paid fer and drinks
are high, and the yOung couple often handsome
profit out Of their wedding realizing quite sucient
to start them nicely In fe Sometimes many as 500
present nj such weddings