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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-02
A Romantic story.

Forty years ago there lived 10 Providence,
within stones throw from where Grace church
now stands young man Of great intelligence
and wonderful mechanical ability, who spent
small fortune 10 the vain attempt at making
perfect representation OF Russia iron, and after
as many failures as attempts in this undertaking
he became utterly ruined financially. His am-
btion for the secret increased as his fortune
grew smaller and smaller, and when absolute
want stared him in the face he btcamc
possessed with the determination to accept OF
the only meaus OF obtaining one OF the greatest
secrets in mechanical art, and to gain this he
must suffer penal servitude 10 the dungeons OF
Russia.
The rulers of Russia are the only possessors
of the art of making what is known as glazed
Russia iron, used extensively for all kinds Of
stove aud stove pipe work, and which has tor
nearly century been made within the walls OF
Russia underground prisons. None but life
convicts are allowed to be initiated iuto the Sc,
crcts of the manufacture of one OF the principal
lncans OF income to the Russian Government,
and when once wlthiu its walls no one need
ever hope for pardon, for none has ever been
granted, while but one has ever been kuowD to
havo escaped, and when the door Is once shut
to the outside world it is never kuown what
has been the fate of the unfortuuate.
This, then, was the Providence mans last
resort for gaining possession of the secret which
had become his only ambition He leit his
home for Europe, aud the sim pie rumor of the
attempted assassination of the Gar by au Am
ericau, supposed to be insane, was all that was
ever kuown to his friends of what became OF
the ambitious mechanic, and, as nearly halt
century has ratified on since he set out upon
bis pcrious undertaking, hardly aperson living
will remember the circumstance which is here
recorded. There is one person, however, 10
Providence who remembers we'll the day the
hero OF our sketch babe her a fearful farewell,
promising that before she reached her tWen-
ticth birthday he would returo to her aud full
I'll his promise,
All through these long years she has never
forgotten her promise TO wait for her lover, nor
ceased to believe he would yet come to her.
She now lives within moment's walk OF the
chimes of Grace Church, and Is still well pre-
served, and her grace aud beauty make her
more attractive than many whose years are the
same as were hers when her lover separated
from her so long ago. Last week she received
the glad tidings from far away over the water
that he who had 50 long kept her patiently
waiting was 90 his way t. tuGl his promise OF
forty years ago, aud 1t us hope he may bring
the secret he paid for SO dearly aud that he
may live TO SEE some reward tor his great sac
riticc.-lrordience Press
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-02
ATEXANDRIA VA THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1876.
FANCY GOODS.
DALI GOODS.

Il
We have Just opened our stock Of New Goods
for the fall season, selected in New York, Phil
adelphla and Baltimore at greatly reduced prices
Ladies' Merino Vests.
Children's /"
Ladies' Merino Skirts.
Ladies' Balmoral Skirts.
Hoop Skirts and Bustles, new styles.
Glove fitting Corsets, 81 25.
Sanitary Abdominal Corset 81 So and large
variety of other styles.
Solid color Hosiery for ladies and children.
Coral Jewelry Sets, Ear Drops, Pins, Crosses,
Necklaces, &c.
;, Gents Merino Shirts, Suspcnders, Collars.
Cuffs, Ties, sc.
Childrens hand knit Jackets
100 packs Of Pins at &c paper.
$50 sets Collars and Cuffs, 1Oc.
100 pairs Linen Cuffs, 10c.
$50 Collars G4c.
And full line of Fancy Goods and Notions,
At FERG USON & BEOS.,
oct 10 SO King street,
FALL GOODS.
Just opened at
@. G. Y'S.
Kid Gloves, in two buttons.
Cambria Edgings.
Scarf Nets.
Black Silk Fringes and Laces
Zephyr Worsteds and Germantown Wools
Vcilings, &c.,-all at prices to suit the times. |
sop l6-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-02
MEDICINES.

PURELY VEGETABLE,
Is harmless
Is no drastic violent medicine,
Is sure to cure if taken regularly,
Is no intoxicating beverage
Is 8 faultless family medicine,
Is the cheapest medicine in the world,
Is given with safety and the happest results
tt. the most delicate infant.
Does not interfere with business,
Docs not disarrange the system,
Takes the place Of Quinine and Bittcrs of eve
ry kind,
Contains the simplest and best remedies.
ASK the recovered Dyspoptics, Bilious sut-
ferers, victims of Fever and Ague, the mereu-
rial diseased patient, how they recovered health,
cheerful spirits and good sppet'te-they VIII tell
The cheapest purest end best family medicine
in the world.
1t contains four medical elements, never
united in the same happy proportion IN any
other preparation, viz: gentle Cathartlc,
wonderful Tonic, an unexceptlo1naole AteFst =
tive and certain corrective OF slllimpuritles OF
the body. Such signal success has attended It's
use, that ii is now regarded us the
EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC
For al Disease of the Liver, Stomach and
Spleen
AS Remedy in Mslsrious Fevers Bowel
Restlessness, Jaundce. Nausea, Sick Headache,
Collie, Constipation and Bilicusness
1T HAS NO EQUAL.
CAUTION l-As there are . number Of lml-
tations offered TO the public we would caution
the community to buy no Powders OF Prepared
simmons Liver Regulxtor uni ss in our en-.
gravcd wrapper with Trade Mark, Stamp and
Signature unbroken. None other is genuine.
j. Fl. ZEILIN & Co.,
Macon, Ga, and Philadelphia
Your valuable medicine, simmons Liver
Regulstor, has saved me many doctors bills. |
use It for everything it is recon nended and
never knew it t. fail; have used it in Collcand
Grubbs with my n ules and Horses, giving them
about halt bottle VI time. l have not lost
one that l gave il to. You can recommend to
every one that hss stock us being the best mcdl-
cine known for all complaints that horse flesh is
heir TO. 4. !. Is aYLoR,
SEPT Agent for Grangers oi Georgia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-02

rTNO ALL WHOM IT NAY CONCERN.
l. Take notice, That on the second day, or so
soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, of the
Circuit Court to be he'd or The coul " Of Fair
fax, State of Virginia, being the, l4sn day Of
Novem Der, 1876, shsl apply to the said Court
FOR an order directing the sr"natcr OF I'll monies
in the hands of o. w. HUNT ESQ., substituted
commissioner of sale in the suit Ho"g, guard n.
va. Hoag, &C., or on any other account, belong
ing TO Sheldon r. Hoag, who IS sd infant under
the age of twenty-one years, and resident OF the
ccuaty OF Schenectady, in the State OF New
York, to me- his lawfully qualified guardian, IN
the said State Of New YORK.
MADISON VEDDER.
Thos. Moore, p. T. oct "a"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-02

~ kRAUSE'S GREEN GUN PLASTERS
Us opresent the only remedy, known, to cure
Corns, and to subdue, in few hours; IT. the most me
intense pain produced by Bunions. The effect
of these PssterS is, first to arrest the transform
alton of healthy skin into dead. hardened accu-
mutation, and then to SO soften the siTeaoy lorm
ed hard substance, that it can be easily removed
by the finger nail, For sale BY
WAKEFIELD s. HALL,
aupo Corner Prince and Fairfax streets.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

INCREASE OF HUMAN HEALTH.-Says the
New York Ledger Some of our correspond
ents want to know whether men live as long
nowad lys as they did a Thousand years ago,
and if they are as large and strong now as
they were then. 1t is difficult to get ut the
exact truth with regard to this subject /; but.
of late years, il has become matter of be.
lief among the best informed, that the health,
strength and longevity of the civilized of the
human race are greater now than at any former
period.
AS to the comparative size of the moderns
and the ancients, n ~ pretty generally CON-
eeded that we have the advantage. The suits
Of ancient armor which are preserved in all
parts Of Europe are confessedly too small for
men of average size in these days. And it is
probable that prize boat crew Of any Ameri
can or English college could row around the
best crew that pulled oars Thousand years
ago.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19
MISCELLANY

A MAGIC DINING RooM.--Some montl s
since an Englishman named Atkinson bought
a country place near Pithiviers in France
For many weeks thereafter carpenters and
masons were busily employed in repairing
and altering the chateau, and after their work
had been completed, Mr.. Atkinson issued in
vitations for large dinner party to all the
most prominent families In the neighborhood
The guests arrived at six o'clock, and on TAX
ing their seats at the dinner table noticed
with surprise that there was not a servant to
be seen. The soup was consumed in silent as
constituent. When all had partaken of !,
the host sounded whistle and as if by magic
the soup plates disappeared, and three mag
nificent silver pIattcrs, each containing roast
goose appeared. Little cries of terror were
heard from the ladies. Mr.. Atkinson took no
note of his guests surprise, but remarked
that it was very warm evening, wbistlcd
again. and the whole ceiling disappeared, the
hosts black coat vanished at the same mo-
ment, leaving him clothed in a white suit
The guests. alarmed, were about to rise from
their chairs when they found themselves, their
chairs and the table suddenly raised five feet
above the floor. They, however, were soon
lowered again to the floor, and all took refuge
in hasty flight from the demoniac abode. A
judicial investigation was instituted, and 1t
was found that Mr.. Atkinson had been for
ten years the chief machinist at Coyent Gar
den Theatre in London, where he had amass-
ed nice little fortune. The dinner was a
little freak to indulge his fondness fos his old
pursuit.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

The coolest Winters on record in the Unit
ed States within the past 100 years were those
of 1880, 1896, and 1856. In 1850 the Della
ware river, bay of New York and Long Island
Sound were SO completely ice bound as to be
crossed with horses and sleighs. The coolest
year was that of 1916, in which there was ice
in every month Of the year.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

There is great menny rules to make mar
ried life comfortable, but the golden rule IL
this Go slow, and give each other half Of
the rad. This rule IL az simple and easy az
milking COW ON the right side. and will be
found as usephul az lie 10 avoid hot journals
and dri axles.--JosA Billings.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

An old lady, LEI some one reading
about Con- rsssman at large, rushed int
the kitchen door shouting Sarah Jane
don't you leave the clothes o all night
mind what tell you, for there's a Congress-
man at large"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

over them, or, if the flour barrel is handler,
throw on -four which absorbs the fluid, kills
the flames and can be readily cleared up after
ward
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

Charity is never LOST it may meet with in
gratitude. or be of no service to tn ,se on whom
It was bestowed, yet it ever does work of
beauty and grace upon the heart of the giver
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

Generosity during life is a very different
thing from generosity in the hour Of DEATH
One proceeds from genuine liberality and be-
nevolence, the other from pride or fear.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

You mean elastics," replied broadway
clerk to an old lady who asked for garter. g
suppose some bigh-nosed people call 'em las
ticks" she said, 'but when git too strck up
to ask for garters, III not box my Susan's
ears for saying hose when she means stock
ings.'' She got her carriers. ~
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

a wise cook has discovered that, while peel
ing onions, if she Ike ps Ter hands and the
onions under water, she escapes the fit Of
weeping generally incidental to the process.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

What can be more foolish than to think that
all this fair fabric of heaven and earth could
come by chance, when all the skill of art is
not able to make an oyster p
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

a fool D "a hissh station is like a man on
the top of high moumain--everything APP
pears small to him, and he appears small TO
everybody.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

1t said that there is more lies told in the SEN
tence am glad to see you, than in any other
six words in the English language.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

A fellow who got drunk onselection day said
it was owing to the efforts to'put down party
spirit.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

What Is mind'~ No matter: What is mat
ter? Never mind. But what is mind? Oh
lis immaterial.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

Love is precisely to the moral nature what
the suniis.to the earth.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

Every good deed that we do Is not only .
present pleasure, but aprop for the fnt,se..
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

Hate makes US vehement par,isans, but love
stilf more so.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

Calamity never leaves us where it found us !;
It either softens or hardens the heart of its
-rictips.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19
Realty PI A N o.

ENDORSED BIT THE HIGHEST
MUSICAL
authorities as TIE BEST D. E. Beatty, Proprietor.
Washington N. J.
Beb. 10, i6H
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

Soft hearts often hardin, but soft heads new
er change.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

Noses are fashionable, aud have always
been followed.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-22

beams. and The aoor. with al that stood
On il. including stage and dress circle,
vas precip,tatsd into the stable The
rear part Of the aoor Was he'd up by
stalls underneath. aud those III that
part Of the house were thrown forward
towards the stage. The lights were
extinguished by the conclusion. aud the
mas Il bewildered humanity were
lcFt in darkness The scene vas fear
fal one and the cries aud shouts Of the
panic-stricken multitude we're bewildsr-
ing The alarm Of ire was rang 81 all
the engine houses # the city and the
new. Of the accident spread ike wild
Ere. Fully 5000 people were on the
spot in less than ten minutes, and pee
PIE rushing wildly from every direc-
ton. The FIRE department and police
al ouca took charge OF the ruins and
exerted themselves 10 rescue the
III la4fal aAl 1-etAL tbS nuHAAS sh s1e@p
ing from the wreck. Besides those
killed il is known that some eighty or
ninety were more or less injured.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. i9.-Arrived
Bark Mary Glover. Port Discovery
bark Montana, Seattle, bark King
Philip Port Gamble.
saiIed-Bark Dublin, Seabeck; Os-
myn, Seattle; bark Caroline Reed. Port
Blakely; bark Oak Hill. Port Town
send. bark David Hosdley, Port Gam
bic; brig Deacon. Port Discovery
bark Annie, Seattle; bark Gen. Cobb
Seabeck
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-22
e G r A P HIC
CALIFORNIA.

SACRAMENTO. Nov, Is The secoud
story of the Pacific Stables. KEEP, by ]
W. Wilson ou Seeond street between
X aud l.. which was formerly oecu.
pied asa gymnasium by Ahc Amitv
eiae. has reosntly been converted iaio a
thoaier capable Of seating Loco p.opls
including the gallery with capacity Of
80 and - private boxes with room far
l5o. The place Was named AFTER the
proprietor, Moore's Opera Hoa<e. II
Was thrown oren 70 the pabllc this
evening with variety troupe jus; from
the EAs, The hall WAS ienseiy crowd.
cd this evening oa the osca>ion oi the
Opening performance. The bail Was
about aeA5o ice, IN s.zs. st about 81
teen minutes pas, eight o'elock, while
the performances Was prsgresssug,
Sudden sinking Il the door VAS NJ.
tieei, accompanied by cracking of
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-22

- -Y= :f.Ss. p,-ra~.,r,-,4r.
Novkh.lIv ant Ch,ssirz3nr. were en-
y;rsIv ut,uerr I bv tbs storgl wave -
Ocs. slst. s. was also the mainland f2r
five or SIX miles. Thc-e lslaads are II
= e3-r eastvay u liz river NegHa
IT, .s-c-t. D4khiu >a4Aabozhsye. was
500 square miles IL extent /. hid "a
population II aboal go .goo Ha,tier
aaa San8ap together had ABOUT ioo
600 population. 2 = j etocA oN
th2 light % tAs 3gSt laeFe were ~
signs 81 danger, bus 1ef5Te midnight
wave swept over iae country 10 tie
depth Al many p'sees 2l twenty fetf'
surprising people IN 'ueiT teis Dense
GO ct cocoAnHt ana palm trees
around Tie villages -'Sa ''t'a many -
save themselves ~ ''''l' 0'''s among |. *
{ DFanet.es SONS ION tei-'-e ." -'s
TOTS Oh 'A1H h'''s' ''
"AEeE bA's' '' '.
aoo sweep '"eii Nh '''
Some OF them were c'rF'ai tA0s
across the channel ten mics 10 tal''an-
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County and City Official Press.
Wednesday, November 22.
THE GOLDEN MEAN IN
WAGES.

safety lies in a medium, Is the
teaching Of old-fashioned wisdom.
Without its conservatives the world
would either fall into decay from imam
i,ion on the one hand or rash 70 wreck
and ruin on the other. arriving at the
SAINT fate in either case. There can be
no question tia, the great incubus that
hangs like a milestone about the neck
Of this country is too high prices Tor
everything except local produce. Men
who have attempted enterprise for the
development Of the country, IN order
to make employment for the new-eom-
crs and business for the elder settlers,
have had extraordinary difficulties TO
contend with. In the first place the
coun,ry Is new. rough and poor and ad-
vantage cannot he taken OF the NUMBER
less facilities-little and grest-than
exist in more settled communities. But
in addition 10 all this they must pay
twioe as much for labor. three times as
much for the use Of money. and a.
much for imported goods with the adj
dition If freight across the continent
and then depend on tho limited and
scattered patronage which Is all new
country can afford. Under such cir
cumstances, II they continued business
projectors must inevitably 90 down and
the country with them.
Iii better for lsboring men them
selves 10 receive moderate and practical
wages in prosperous country than
wages % little higher than il practical
in bankrupt aud sinking country.
II Il rarely by the accumulation of saw
logs from WAGES alone that fortunes are
built up. Ito collective progress that.
makes wealth The workngman who
secures his little plat of ground in the
days # free common and stays by 1t
till the era Of railroads and factories
and crowding husisess makes 1t yalua-
BILE, Is the one tho reaches easy com
petenoe or opuleuce in old age. II is
10 have hummlmg industrial progress
going ON around ami business xpanIiug
with magic activity than Ia have all the
margins Of gain swept away by a small
lab"ring population. almost entirely
dependent upon aud tributary to
nonresident producers Men in other
States as Arkansas and Minnesota find
work hard II obtain there at az 10
SIS per month, yet out here the same
men expect To obtain nearly twice rs
much The truth is. so wide Il discrop-
ancy IN rates between these sections of
oiir common country cannot long he
maintained, though we hepe always TO
see wages as much higher here than
there a. the country will bear There
is no need that they should ever fail
as low. for the produetiveness IF labor
can never average - high a. here
Nevertheless, this enc fact cannot be
gsinsaid that 'thc greatest good TO
the greatest number lies in in-
vestments rather than in stipiends.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-22
4 u e O p z.

HAVANA, Nov Cot IS reported
ihst the steamer Monrezma was sen
near Tor,ugas Island Oft Venezuela
coast making for La Guay,a 4 span
ish war ship has gone in pursuit An
eve witness of the seizure IF the Mon
,eEuma says eighteen passenger IL
GLIDING four women. came aboard s.,
Puerto Plata. Tie men demanded the
surrender Of the steamer in tie name
OF the repablic 81 Cab.. The female
passengers were apparently accom-
plioes Of the cap'ors The cargo con-
sisted Of City cattle, tao thousand bags
of coffee. fifteen Hundred bag. q corn
aud numerous packages Of dry g. "a
from ST. Thomas.
CALCUTTA, Nos. 21-Ihsee large
islands. namely Haitian. sundap. OAK
hin ShslabofhaTe, and numerous small