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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-09

By virtue Of authority vested by
deed OF trust dated the first day Of
August, 1913, and admitted to re-
cord on the 4th day Of September,
1913, in Liber Q, No. I. page 526 OF
| the land records of Fairfax County,
and on account of default in the pay
ment of the debt thereby secured
and by request Of the holders of the
notes thereby secured, the under
signed trustee will, on SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER II, 1914. at eleven
o'clock A. NJ, in front of the Royal
Street entrance to the market build
ing in the City of Alexandria, Viz
ginia. offer for sale, at public auc-
ton the following property, to wit:
That certain tract Or parcel of land
situated in Lee Magisterial District
Fairfax County, Virginia, known as
part of Ravensworth estate, and as
sessed for taxation as 583RACRES.
and described in deed from Mary
GUSTS Lee to George r. Javins, dat
! ed April 3, 1906, recorded in Liber Z,
No. 6, page IA, as follows:
"BeginninG at the point of inter
section Of the Old Rolling Road with
the line that divides the land Of John
Javins from the party Of the first
part and running east along said
dividing line to point where said
line crosses the Accotink Run; thence
in southerly direction following the
meanderings of said Run to point
where said Run crosses
the line that divides the land Of the
said party Of the first part from that
Of kary Hill; thence west along
said dividing line to the intersection
of said line with the Old Rolling Road;
thence along said road in a north
westerly direction to the intersection
| Of the said road with the line that
divides the land Of the said party Of
the first part from that Of Alexander
Denty; thence north along said divid-
ing line to point, C. as shown in
the plat of Ravensworth made by K.
r. Farr surveyor, in the year 1874.
and recorded in Liber r, No. a page
452 Of the land records Of the County
Of Fairfax and the State aforesaid
( said plat is hereby referred to as part
of this deed; thence in northwest
erly direction along said dividing line
20 the second intersection Of the said
line with the Old Rolling Road;
thence in a northerly direction along
said road to the place of beginning.
The tract hereby conveyed contain
ing all of the land owned by the said
Mary Gusts Lee lying west Of hc-
| .ctinL. PAN And beirr the same
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-09
MEMORIAL SERVICES .
Order Fraternal Americans Conduct
Interesting Services Yesterday.

Memorial services for six members
CT the order who have died during
the present year was held yesterday
afternoon by Alexandria Council, No.
5. Order of Fraternal Americans, IN
Sarepta Hall. In addition to the
members of the order there were a
large number OF invited guests. The
hall was appropriately decorated.
The principal address of the SER
vices was made by the Hon. James
r. Cation, former member of the
state legislature. The names of the
deceased members of the lodge was
read by Fred w. Ebhardt, past presi-
dent.
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Washington Southern Ry.

Schedule in effect April II, 1914.
For Washington and points north,
taily at sos A. NJ, 8.43, 1858, lib,
1901, 1:1s, $50 through acain for
New York, via P. R. r. 6:1S.
s:l8, 1888 p. M, week days, at 6:O7
p, m, Sundays only S:O7 p. NJ.
For Fredericksburg, Richmond, and
points south at 4:S7, 1853. Qocai) and
1917 q. NJ, 1915, S:22 5:l7 (local)
7:47, 9:47, p. m. daily.
Accommodation for fredericksburg
at 11:1S a m., daily except Saturday,
when train leaves 2:18 pm. This train
runs through to Milford except Sat-
urdays and Sundays.
NOTE:-Tires of arrival and dc.
parturs snd connections sot gua-as-
caed.
". P. TAYLOR. Tzaat, Mgr.
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LATE ISAAC EICHBERG.
Funeral Takes Place Toda! FROM
Residence on North Washington
Street.

Funeral services for Isaac Elch-
berg, one Of Alcxandria's most prom
inent citizens. took place this after
noon from his residence at Iii north
Washington street. There were pres
ent a large number Of friends OF the
deceased and the floral offerings We're
unusually beautiful. The services
were conducted by the Rev. Dr.. 4 .
Simon, of Washington.
THes; apall bearers were Justu:
Schneider, Douglass Stuart. John G
Cockey. 8. We'll, Of this city, j N
Laucheimer, of Baltimore, and Sam
gel Schwnz, CT Washington.
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OYSTERS ARE STILL
CHEAP

We have now started our
power boats running and
can furnish fresh shucked
oysters at soc per gallon.
All orders delivered to any
part of the City from the
Peoples Oyster House, Ill
Potomac Strand Oyster
dock.
C.. III. MCKINNEY
Bell phone 7S0 Home 1881
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-11-09

FOR RENT-Moderate price-Onc
apartment, modern Improvement,
and two rooms suitable for Offices,
Southeast corner of King and
Washington streets. Apply I'll
Prince street. 10-1wk
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1t Always Docs the Work.

81 like Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy better than any other"
writes r. E. Roberts, Homer City,
Pa, 81 have taken it off and on for
years and it has never failed to give
the desired results. "For sale by all
dealers.
Gilpin observer., 1914-01-08

Philadelphia.-You take q barber Of
today. Well, never mind; no use pick
ing needless Quarrels. But they bred
giants in the old First ward when
Charley Gramlich learned his trade. A
barber barbs these days. and let's 1t go
at that. But Gramlich. with his rec
ord of fifty-six years behind him,
might be called the Admirable Crich-
ton among BARRIERS.
Mornings you can find him In his
shop at 1905 Miffiin street. waiting the
early thistledown OF some young
shaver who has come to consecrate his
chin to manhood under the razor Of
venerable experience. or pairing the
stubble Of some patron who has de-
pended on him since the Centennial.
Afternoons. II he isn't busy. he may be
up in his studio, painting pictures that
frequently sell for real money. Eve
nings, unless some special crop Of
whiskers glows in to claim his veteran
skill instead of his assistants. he Is
arguing penuchle with the other ex-
perts. for he Is acknowledged to be the
champion penuchle player of the First
ward and novices come to sit at his
feet and learn wisdom.
Last May brought around the ami
versary Of the day when Charley. the
Bavarian boy of fourteen, was given
his first Job in Hertzog's shop, on
Wharton street above Fifth His wages
as apprentice was 7b cents a week and
board with his boss family. Charley
imagined he was fixed for life But
only eight months passed before Hertz
og shut up his shop and the boy ap
prentice had to find another job. His
new boss took him on as a halfbaked
3ourneyman at the trade, and paid him
one dollar a week. plus board. BY in
dustry. patience, frugality, diligence
and the rest OF the virtues which were
urged on the toiling masses In that
generation. Charley rose in his calling
until. in 1853. he was receiving the i'm
posing wage Of three dollars a week.
board thrown In.
With the outbreak of the war in '61
Charley claimed the dignity and wages
of manhood. and Gus Goebel-that
very same Goebel by whose official H.
cense SO many Of us have been permit
ted to marry and pay the happy gas
bills-took him on at SIS week and
Gilpin observer., 1914-01-08

Boulder county continues to stand
as the premier tungsten producing Ne
gion of the world The chief mineral
in which THIS metal is here found is
ferberite
While drilling a we'll on the ranch
of Lew Forrest, mile northwest of
town, Ed Goodrich of Brush, struck a
three-foot vein of Ignite coal at a
depth of sixty feet
The American Petroleum Company.
capitalized for 100000, has been
organized by Colorado Springs capital
lists to develop $50 acres of oil land
in Nowata county, Oklahoma.
The December production of the
Cripple Creek district mines amounted
to 70,650 tons. with bullion value of
81 ,0O2 100 and an average value per
ton of s14.1S. Heavy tonnage was
loaded out prior to the storm but ship
ments were detained and there were
no ore movements for nearly two
weeks.
The 1913 mine dividends, declared
and estimated, differ but very little
from the total for 1912, which was So
733,935. The loss for the year reads
s292,5S9 1t is easily accounted for by
the heavy decrease in zinc prices from
the 1912 figures. The dividend total
is 22.3 per cent of the net value of
the mineral output for the year. This
compares with 90 per cent in 1912.
The greatest mineral discovery
made in months in the Idaho Springs
district is credited to the Sun and
Moon mine, situated on Seaton noun
tain The ore body measures seven
feet across and three feet of the same
is solid smelling carrying values OF
better than s35 ton in gold and sill
yer. rhe balance of the ore vein is a
milling proposition and probably will
average IS or SO a ton.
In Colorado. carnotite ore are found
in San Miguel, Montrose, Mesa, Do
lores. Rio Blanco. Montezuma and
Routt counties. From carnotite ores
alone Thomas V. Curran, general man
ager of the General Vanadium Com.
pany of America, estimates the radium
production of Colorado for 1918 at fif-
teen grams, worth 100000 to the
gram. or $1,S00,000. For 1914 his esti.
mate (provided Secretary Lane does
not interfere) is thirty-two, grams,
worth s3,S40,O0O.
Gilpin observer., 1914-01-08
IS. Child CROSS,
fEVERISH, i, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue 10
coated, give "California
Syrup of Figs"

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleansesI the tender
stomach, liver and bowels 30 nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels. and the result IL
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish. stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad.
system full Of cold, has sore throat.
stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen.
Mother! See II tongue is coated, then
give a teaspoonful of California
Syrup Of Figs" and in few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out Of the sys-
tenn, and you have well child again.
Millions of mothers give California
Syrug Of Figs" because 1t is perfectly
harmless; children love 1t, and it new
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for 5O-cent bottle
Of California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies. children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1914-01-08
HUNGRY RAcc00N FIGHTS MAN
HaIf-starved Animal Caught In Cabin
II Claws Jersey Hunter Who
Trapped Il

Meyersville. N. J.-Timothy Carter,
who lives in a small cabin in the
woods near this place, had a fierce
fight with a half-starved raccoou
which got trapped in the cabin.
No sooner had Carter opened the
door than the animal jumped at him,
clawing and snarling. Carter fought
the raccoon for ten minutes and final
ly killed it. He went to the home of a
nearby farmer, where a physician
took four stitches in a wound in his
arm and -cauterized other cuts and
bruises.
Gilpin observer., 1914-01-08
TAKES OFF DANDRUFF
HAIR STOPS FALLING
Girls! Try This! Makes Hair Thick
Glossy, Fluffy, BeautifuI-No
More Itching Scalp.

Within ten minutes after an applf
cation of Danderine you cannot find .
single trace of dandruff or falling hair
and your scalp will not itch, but what
will please you most will be after q
few weeks use, when you see new
hair, fine and downy at first-yes-but
really new hair-growing all over the
scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately dou-
bles the beauty of your hair. No diff.
ference how dull. faded. brittle and
scraggy, Just moisten a cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw II
through your hair. taking one small
strand at time The effect is amaz.
ing-your hair will be light, fluffy and
wavy. and have an appearance OF
abundance; an Incompatible luster.
softness and luxuriance
Get 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store, and prove
that your hair lis as pretty and soft
ss any-that 1t has been neglected or
injured by careless treatment-that's
all--you surely can have beautiful hair
and lots of it If you will just try lit
tie Danderine. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1914-01-08
STOMACH MISERY
! GAS. INDIGESTION
APape's Diapepsin" fixes sick,
sour, gassy stomaCns in
five minutes.

Time it! In Ave minutes all stomach
distress will go. No indigestion, heart
burn, sourness or belching of gas, acid.
or eructations Of undigested food, no
dizziness, bloating, or foul breath.
Pape's. Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in regulating upset stomachs.
1t Is the surest, quickest and most GER
tain indigestion remedy In the whole
world. and besides it ia harmless.
Please for your sake, get a large
nfty-cent case Of Pape's Diapepsin
from any store and put your stomach
right. Don't keep on being miserable
life is too short-you are not here
long. 30 make your stay agreeable.
Eat what you like and digest it; en-
JOY 1t, without dread Of rebellion in
the stomach
Pape's Diapepsin belongs in your
home anyway. Should one of the fam
lily eat something which don't agree
with them, or In case of an attack of
Indigestion. dyspepsia, gastritis or
stomach arrangement at daytime or
during the night. 1t is handy to give
the quickest relief known. Adv
Gilpin observer., 1914-01-08
SAW a GREAT-GRANDFATHERs
The Long Lived Forbears Of an Ore.
gon Boy = Only One Has
Succumbed to Death.

Albany. Ore.-When Luther White.
a Linn county pioneer. died at his
home at Brownsville he was the first
of the four great-grandfathers OF f1ve-
year-old Luther Burnelle White OF
Harrisburg to die. The boy has the
distinction of having seen each OF
his great sires.
The boy is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Connie F. White of Harrisburg. His
father is the son of ex-Sheriff and
Mrs Robert L. White OF this city.
Mr. Whites father. Luther White.
died at Brownsville only a few days
ago at the age Of ninety-nine years.
The father of Mrs. White. Sr., ID Jer-
ry Hay Of Harrisburg. seventy-three
years old.
Mrs. Connie White is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. D. Bussard of this
city. Mr.. Bussard's father is w. H.
Bussard. eighty-three years old. OF
Benton county. Mrs. Bussard's ia.
ther is l.. T. Mackey. seventy-nine
years of age. OF Akron, o.
Gilpin observer., 1914-01-08

Of the Art club. whom Gramlich has
shaved for A years: Samuel Campbell.
the cashier Of the Tradesmens and
Manufacturers bank, whom he shaved
for 40 years. and Dan Cobb, Of Broad
and Miffiin streets, who appears three
or four times week after a loyalty
that has lasted as long as Doctor Cess
ler's.
The veteran has no boasts to make
of the old days.
When | learned the business, bar
bers did cupping and leeching; but
they were out for the cash ahead of an
easy shave 1t was lick and promise
for the customer then, and many a
face was sore after the barber got
through with It,
The regular price then was a ftp
five or six cents-for a shave, and a
levy-ten or twelve cents-for a hair
cut When you got into a good. high
class shop. tips were the rule. just as
mental was from 10 to 25 cents, and
that money counted by the time your
week was up. Billy McGrath, who was
the president of the Union Street Car
line. gave me tip OF five dollars every
six weeks. The prices then in the shop
were 20 cents for shave and 40 cents
for a haircut. But we aimed to give
shaves and haircuts that were the
finest in the city. and a man had to be
one of the best in the business to hold
up his end in handling the people who
came to us. 1t was a fine shop. but l
wanted to be In business. 80 started
for myself as soon as thought could
make good in the old First ward
When will quit? Oh. don't know
I'm feeling as well as ever, and / like
to have something to do. People keep
right on coming to me, and / may as
well go on shaving them. Some time,
maybe. I'll take little place otA In the
country. Say do you know any suburb
where there are some right good Pc
nuchle players?"
Gilpin observer., 1914-01-08

W. D. Smith. der. podd's Kidney
Pills cured me OF that and the Kidney
Trouble. I take Dodd's Kidney Pills
now to keep from having Backache.
am n years old and a farmer. You are
at liberty to publish this testimonial.
and you may use my picture in con-
nection with It," Correspond with Mr..
Smith about this wonderful remedy.
podd's Kidney Pills, Soc. per box at
your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co..
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music Of National Anthem
English and German words) and reci-
pes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free.
Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1914-01-08

feed himself. In the old Goebel barber
shop on Moyamensing avenue. below
Washington avenue.
Charley worked for Goebel until
1864, and then negotiations opened for
his admission to that distinguished
station in barbering. a job at the Con-
tinental hotel He went there In the
spring OF 1865
After that no higher glory was at
tainable. The job paid only SIS a
week; but a man In that shop was
liable to have the president of the
United States more at his mercy than
had been possible for the Confederate
armies, and what the Continental bar.
bers valued more. he got a commission
of 15 per cent. on the cups, brushes,
French oil and lavender vinegar that
went to complete real gentleman's 8
shave. That amounted to four or Ave
dollars a week extra.
Gramlich. at the height OF his profess
sion. never shaved Lincoln. But he did
shave Governor Curtin. and Billy Nc
Grath. and Tom Archer. and John Ed
gar Thomson, who was president Of
the Pennsylvania railroad. and most
OF the other local notables In finance
and politics.
A couple OF years of such prosperity
and Gramlich. the Continental expert,
reached the conclusion that one height
remained for him to climb. He must be
his own boss. He forsook the grand,
eurs OF Chestnut street, and for two
and half years he had his shop oppo.
site the old navy yard. Mt Front and
Federal streets. For 81 years he was
located at 1892 South Fifth street, and
It was only seven years ago that he
moved to Fifteenth and Wharton. In
that time he has shaved every one Of
prominence In the ward. and has
played penuchle with most OF them.
He has old-time patrons, who make
pilgrimages to him from far homes for
old-times sake and the luxury Of his
familiar touch. among them Thomas
Taylor OF Seventeenth and Diamond
Gilpin observer., 1914-01-08
Orderly Service.

A Methodist parson, called to preach
at an out-of-the-way town in California
was informed, before entering the pull
pit, that he must be careful, as many
Of the assembled congregation were
"roughs," and would not hesitate to
pull him from the pulpit II his re-
marks did not suit them.
The minister made no reply, but
having reached the sacred desk, he
took from his pocket two revolvers.
and placing one on each side Of the
Bible. gave sharp glance around the
room and said: Let us pray"
A more orderly service was never
held.-National Monthly.
Gilpin observer., 1914-01-08
0ISFlGURED WITH PIMPLES

Whitewater, Colo.-"Eczema broke
out all over my little grandson's face
and body. 1t just looked as though
blood poison would set up at times
when he would scratch himself %
much. The eczema broke out In PIN
pies and would run watery corrup
ton and wherever the water touched
the flesh. another pimple would form.
until the pimples would form a sore.
His clothing irritGted his body and he
lost his rest at night. The disease
was SO irritating and would itch SO
that l have seen him in such an irrf
tating condition that he would CRY
and scratch himself until the blood
would run. He was very much dis
figured as the skin would be torn from
his cheeks from the scratching
Il tried all the simple remedies that
] knew of to stop the pain and burn
Ing, but they did not cure him. This
went on until January. 1912. when
began to use the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. which proved q complete
cure In a short time" (Signed) Mrs.
Laura Stephens. Nov. 10. 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout tho world. Sample of each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept. L, Boston. ADV.
Gilpin observer., 1914-01-08
Polite Bertha.

Little Bertha was invited out to din.
ner with her father and mother. Be
fore she went it was firmly impressed
upon her that she must not speak
unless spoken to. All went smoothly
for while, but when some time
elapsed and no notice was taken of
her she began to get uneasy.
Finally the hostess, seeing some
thing was wrong, asked her what she
would like next.
81 should like to have you begin to
ask me questions" was the polite re-
ply.-Lippincott's.
Gilpin observer., 1914-01-08
WOMAN LAssoED THE HORSE
Baltimore Housewife VIII Hold Him
Till She 10 Paid for Butter
He Ate.

Baltimore, Md.-The cowpunchers
of the wild and woolly west have
nothing on" Mrs. Mary Boyle Of Pat
terson avenue when 1t comes to the
nimble art of throwing a lariat.
Mrs. Boyle had spent q busy morn.
ing in her kitchen. Finding that she
had over four pounds Of fresh dairy
butter left over she placed 1t on .
platter In the yard to solidify. the heat
of the kitchen having reduced its con-
sistency.
Half an hour later Mrs. Boyle went
into the yard to get the butter. but,
like Old Mother Hubbard in the
nursery legend. when she got there
the platter was bare"
In place of the butter. however. was
large dapple gray horse, whose color
scheme and design suggested the now
almost extinct rocking equine without
which no children's nursery was at
one time complete.
The noble steed was engaged in pol
ishing the platter. But when he
chanced to look up and saw Mrs.
Boyle the equine hobo gave success
sion OF loud and penetrating neighs
and turned tail.
mot SO fast!" quoth Mrs. Boyle. A
moment later lasso improvised from
the domestic clothesline encircled the
neck Of the dappled steed, causing him
to rear on his launches. The unwill-
ing captive is being held as hostage
by Mrs. Boyle. who declares that she
will not turn the animal over to its
owner until she receives remuneration
for her stolen butter.
Gilpin observer., 1914-01-08
Evolution Of Billiards.

The development of the billiard Ia
BILE has been interesting. In those
far back days when billiards seem first
to have become an indoor game, bill
lard table was about the size Of a
big room. The average table was 80
feet long and IS feet wide. The size
was gradually and irregularly de-
creased. until the present standard
carom table was introduced at a bill.
lard tournament held in Samson hall.
Philadelphia, in 1864.
Gilpin observer., 1914-01-08
PHILADELPHIA MAN WHO HAS Spent
50 YEARS WITH RAZOR AND SHEARS
Charley Gramich Veteran Barber Who Has Performed Tonso-
rial Work for Some Of the Noted Men Of His Time Still
Remains at His Post of Duty Doing Good Work
Has No Boast to Make of Old Days.

streets. who. after so years. comes to
him once a month for hair cut and a
shave. When the late Thomas G.
Tasker, one of the founders of the firm
OF Morris. Tasker & Co., whose home
was on Fifth street below Tasker. got
to be eighty-three years old, and doubt
ed the sureness Of his own hand ON his
hrm old chin. he arranged with Gram
Itch to come to his house and shave
him regularly at so cents a trip. and
the service continued until Mr.. Tasker
died. at the age Of ninety-three.
To Gramlich's shop now come such
faithful patrons as DR.. Charles Gessler
Gilpin observer., 1914-01-08
WESTERN
MINING NEWS
in REF
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
NEW YORK METAL VALUES.
REPORT OF DENVER MINT.
Gives Values Of Metals Received Dur
ina Year 1918.
IN 3 r ! & :

Denver.-The following table, pre-
pared by officers of the Denver mint,
shows the amounts and value Of the
gold, silver and other metals received
at the mint from the different counties
in the state during the year 1913. This
does not show the total value of the
precious metal production of the
state, however, as some of the metals
produced were shipped to other
DOinfg.