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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-12

GEORGE WAsHINoToN's CANE.-A gold head.
ed staff or cane of Malacca wood, which is tick.
eted as having been once the property Of Genl"
George Washington, is on exhibition at the
jewery store of Garfield, Bro. s. Co.. and at'
tracts great attention. 1t bears upon gold
band, near the gold head, the inscription: "Be-
uueathod by Genl. Georg, Washington to Robt.
Washington, Of Chotanck, and from him des-
eanded to his grandson, Peter Grsyson Wa,h'
ington " It is now in the possession OF the Wile
of Mr.. II. II. Raleigh, Of Baltimore, who IS
niece of the late Peter Grsyson Washington
Peter Grayson Washington died in New Iork
in 1872, and until the complete settlement Of hia
estate the cane was locked up in the New YORK
Safe Deposit Company's vaults under bond OF
S. OOO Prof. Chapman Maupin, OF Baltimore
City College, was administrator OF the estate
The first possessor of the cane after the death OF
the Father of his Country was Robert Washing
ton, Of Chotapck, Va. whom the Genera! III ms
will mentions as his friend and relative. The
cane was bequeathed by Robt. Washington tc
Mr. Townsend Thomas. and thus wen. ior a
| time out of the Washington family. After MIR.
Thomas death it passed through few hands
and came back to the family OF Lund Washing
| ton, apd from him to Peter Grayson Washing
.on of New York. The inscription that the
cane bears is evidently Of modern date put, en-
during Peter Grayson Washington's oWnership
of the article. The gold head of the cane bears
coat of:arms, nearly eifaced. inc in.i'Gsic
value Of the article is small, but the antiquarian
estimate is reckoned by thousands of dollars.
It's sturdy looking article of support. and has
as large diameter as some of the knotted, scrag-
gy and unhandsome logs OF wood affected TO,
day by the jeunesse dore: 1t i' OF rather unusual
length, and was probably crrried more as an
article of support than 70; an ornament. but it is
doubtful if tie Father Of his Country could have
swung it with the same elaborate twist that IL
expended on gold headed canes Of more
| modarn dste-Balt Suu
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-12

CRATES. in great variety. wholesale and
y Retail, at SO King street. on the corner of
Royal street. Cali and ses. MOUNTED
DEXTER AND CENTENNIAL BRACKET
SAWS-Extra Saw Blades by the dozen or
gross and other Tools for amateur workmen-
nice presents for Christmas.
dec l2 j. T. CREIGHTON & SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-12

SMOKED BLOATERS AND HOMELESS
y COD FISH, received and for sale by
F. J. DAVIDSON,
dec7 147 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-12

A MOTHER LOT OF ENGLISH PLUM
II PUDDING just received. This is un.
doubtedly the very best luxury for the season.
| GRO. McBURNEY & SON,
| decll l66 and TO King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-12

TNEAS AND COFFEES. a full line of al
l. kinds and qualities received this day and OF
sale at very low prices by
F. j. DAVIDSON,
iac7 l47 King street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-12

EINE TABLE and COOKING WINES,
T. Flonch Brandy, Jamaica Rum and pure
Old Rye Whiskey.
dec il GRO. McBURNEY s. SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-12

T1HE FAMOUS ERBEYLI FIGS in layers,
i fne Turkish do. in ID boxes, and best
Eleme do. in 8 10 boxes, just received.
dec IL GEO. McBURNEY s. SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-12

CANNED GOODS-Canned Strawberries,
~ Peaches, Sickle Pears Pineapple and the
| celebrated Mitchell brand Tomatoes, tor sale oy
ian Il J. g. 81 4. MILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-12

WIRE STANDS, suitable for trimmings
w Watch, Jewelry and Hair Pin Receivers,
another supply just received by
FERGUSON 81 BRO,
ian5 Sc King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-12

~ GENTS FINE BOOTS AND SHOES A
specially, small expenses novelty, lowest
prices reality, is what We can prove at
WADDEY'S, 10 King street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-12

cEASONABLE GOODS-Rose Lip Salve
y Camphor Ice, Glycorine Wash, Ihermom.
eters, &C., for sals by
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-12

CAUSAGE GUTTER AND SUFFERS
y in great variety, at lower prices then ever
before offered Call sn1 see at 88 King street,
corner of Royal.
nov 60 j. u. CRElGHlON u SUN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-12

A ADDITIONAL SUPPLY OF FRESH
n NUTS, Citron, Raisins. &c, 10 meet the
demand caused by quick sales At low prices
received this day by +. j. DAViDSON,
doc q l47 King street:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-02-08

FoR UNMARRIED LADIES OF UNCERTAIN AGE.
Don't get sourcd with the whole world be-
cause some of the brothers didn't take you in
out of the cold maybe it was your fault
Don't think when you look back through the
vista Of years and see yourself, in imagination,
leaning over the garden gate with that fellow
on the other side, that you made a narrow es-
cape. He might have only been fooling with
you.
Don't think if you had it all to do over
again you would do differently and better.
The probabilities are you would be about as
much Of goose as you were then.
Don't try to make the whole world believe
you are in downright earnest and wouldn't
marry the best man on top Of the ground if
yon could. for you know you would
Don't say that all women are simpletons
who marry, for that is not complimentary to
your mother.
Don't thank goodness when you see half Il
dozen urchins making it lively for your neigh
boring sisters, that they aren't yours. You
don't know how much fun it is to be chasing
them with slipper or dosing them with par
ogoric.
Don't swear off from human society and
take all your stock in poodles or pet cats.
They are just as mean as men when you re-
fuse to crafty their caprces
Don't think the world doesn't put a proper
estimate upon your value. 1t does Mothers
are constantly pointing to you as examples for
their frisky daughtSs.
Don't think you ought to smile the less be-
cause you haven't any one in particular to
smile for Smile for spite if for nothing else,
just TO make men sorry that they let such a
bunch Of animated sunshine go uncaptured
Don't think you ought to be staid and som
bre. That's a mistake. You have so few re-
sponsibties Of life that you ought TO be as
merry as a bird all the time.
Don't think Eve made a mistake when she
concluded not to live an old maid, for neigh
bors were 30 far apart then that she would
have been very lone.
Don't while away the duh hours by becom
ing a gossip-monger. If you want an occupa
! ton, start u baseball club.
Don't wear a long face and look AS if you
| dieted yourself on crab apples. Il is just P'
easy TO look bright, sweet and pleasant. On,
/ of the brightest murtals in our acquaintanc,
never acknowledged allegiance to any of tn,
lords of creation. but she looks AS merry as
| June morning. and everybody likes her
Don't retire like a recluse and grope through
| life in solitude. The one who is confined Il
! his or her own society alone has general,
very uninteresting company.
! Don't think there is something radically de
fective about the world because it doesn't rui
exactly according to your notions. There ar
thousands of people who do think so, and ye
they fail to make it any better.
Don't get worried with the little fellows be
cause they romp. and yell and raise the mis-
chief generally. That's a way they have o
letting folks know they are about.
Don't complain at the world you live in
but make the best of it while you are here
trip through it lightly, merrily as you can
and at the end you will find that while yo
have had some of its trials you have also es
capped many, aud enjoyed an average share O
| blessings
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-02-08
CURRENT NEWS PARAGRAPIHs.

MRs. ELIZABETH THOMPSON of New York,
who has just purchased Carpenter picture OF
the first reading Of the Emancipation Procla-
nation for S2j. 900 and presented II to Con-
gress, is remarkable for her generosity. She
was born in Vermont and with n genius for
giving away. When a schoolgirl she used to
give her shoes and stockings and aprons and
handkerchiefs and other things to the poor
girls, and was often obliged by her parents to
go and get her gifts back again-but the
punishment did not break of the habit. She
worked on the farm in the old up-country
fashion till she was over 20, and then went to
Boston. where She was presently married to
Mr. Thomas Thompson, a wealthy gentleman
Of leisure, who was passionately fond OF art,
and took a deep interest in artists. Here she
carried on her benevolent work in all kinds of
modest ways. She got places for poor girls
till her mansion became a sort of private in
telligence Office. She bought cloth by the
wholesale, cutting it into garments for poor
seamstresses TO make up, and then gave them
away to women who could not have made
them. She was doing all the time, and got
the name Of being one of the hardest working
women in the city by her tireless benevolence.
When the death of her husband left her with
a large annual income she set at work with a
new zest to put her money where it would do
the most good. The free medical college for
women was her work. The school for cook
cry was one of her hobbies. More than one
paper has been helped into life by her encour-
agement, and her sympathy flows in steady,
eXhaustless stream to soOthe the wretched and
comfort and relieve the suffering and distress
ed She is Baroness Burdett- Coutts with
out Il title simple as n child in her manners
and tastes and habits, spending scarcely any
thing for herself. but actually binding herself
and bOrrOWiup money 10 piye aWay.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-02-08

We have before maintained that the tramps
securing about the country are n regularly or
ganized fraternity. having "A general under
standing with one another and having ritual
of questions and answers. Their uniform ap-
pcarance. their periodical visits to the same
localities their regular calls at the same
houses where they have before procured food,
all point to this. Sheriff Walls OF this city has
found curious cmblems about them. has stud
led their character, and listened to their con-
versation, until he can tell regularly initial
ed tramp from an imposter. The following
amusing and instructive dialogue took place
between the sheriff and one of a squad of
trnmps recently committed to jail
From whence came you: =
From a town in New York called JeIUsa-
lem
What's your business here -
TO learn to subdue my appetite and to
sponge my living from an indulgent public"
Then you are regular tramp l pre-
sumo :"
Il am so taken and accepted where ever
go
How am to recognize you AS a tramp
by the largeness of my feet, and general
carniverous appearance"
How do you know yourself to be a
tramp"
In seeking food, by being often denied
but ready to try again
How gained you admittance to this town.
by good many long tramps."
How were you received y
''On the end of night policeman's billy
| presented to my head"
"lIow did the policeman dispose of you z"
He took me several times around the town
to the south, east and west where we found
the City Marshal, Police Judge and the Jail
er, where great many questions We're asked
What advice did the Judge give you :"
He advised ME to walk in upright, regular
steps and to denounce tramping."
"Wil you be off or from z"
with your permission, I'll be off ID
quick
Which way are You travelling"
East"
"Of what are you in pursuit z"
Work, which by my own endeavors ant
the assistance of others. hope shall neve
be able to find"
| My friend, you are now at an institution
where the wicked are always troublesome ant
the weary are rs bad as the rest, You will
now be conducted to the middle chamber b,
a flight Of winding stairs, consisting of five o
more steps. Instead of corn, wine and oil
the wages of the ancients yours will be brea'
and water for five days. When your compa
ny escape from this place, divide yourselVe
into parties of three each, take bee line TO
Portland or Bangor, where in the winter the.
usually run free soup houses, and you may b
pardoned ON condition of your never return
ing" pointing to Edmunds, the turnkey,
Follow your conductor and fear no danger
if you behave yourself. -ErchdRge.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-02-08

A BRAVE BANGOR WOMAN. The Portland
Press tells the following story of brave wo-
man at Bangor The brig Obra Green, Capt
Collins of Bangor. left Petit Goave, Hayti,
Dec :, with cargo of logwood for New
York, While in port one of the crew had
been taken with q malarial fever, but recover
ed without the aid of physician. Three
more of the crew were stricken down with the
same disease just before they left their an
chorage, but il was not thought necessary to
delay. so readily had the former case been
cured Having rounded the northeast prom
ontory of Hayti they were suddenly struck by
"A northeasterly gale, and were compelled to
put back and lay to for ten days in addition
to the three they had lost in vain attempts to
make headway Twice they tried to weather
the gale and each time were driven back, and
on the 18th Capt. Collins was taken with the
fever, and after lingering eight days, died.
the captains wife. one seaman and the mate
were able to be about. The woman was conf
PEELED to act as "A seaman, and three nights
stood at the wheel while the two men reefed
the sails. On the 22d heavy gale was blow
ing and the vessel was headed for Key West,
$50 miles distant. The two men became thor
oughly exhausted and the woman was COM
PEELED to keep watch on deck several nights
while the men slept. On the 2dth Key West
was reached; the sick We're put in the hos
pital the owners were telegraphed and the
| vessel arrived in New York last Wednesday.
! Capt. Collins belonged in Bangor
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-02-08

A Nut ron PsYcHoLoG1sTs TO CRACK is Of
fered in the recent strange experience of j.
Harry ShracE, young merchant of Philadel-
phia. lie has been very i'll for some months,
and week ago last Sunday he apparently
died, but after q few hours he revived, and,
what is still moro astonishing, in n short time
was almost as well as ever. But the strnngest
feature Of the case was the vision which he saw
while he was, to all appearance, q corpse.
His sensation he says, was like that of falling
down vast hight, and then he found himself
in deep valley. Before him was a black
river, with people crossing, and beyond it a
dark cloud. As he drew nearer the cloud,
shudderng, it opened and revealed n sight of
surprising beauty. He saw a great temple and
throne, aud the first being he saw was Christ.
He also noticed his dead wife and children
and his dead grandfather, who died when he
was but two years old, beside many other per-
sons he had known. The vision then began
to recede to his intense grief and he found
himself in bed with his pains gone and his
strength returned. The Times of Phiadol-
phia. of the 3Oth ult. after recording the fact
that Mr.. Schrnck seems new man, and that
his mind and memory are evidently us good
as ever, goes on to say that this extraordin-
ary instance of suspended animation has a
parallel in the case of Rev. William Tennent
which puzzled and delighted religious enthu-
siasts 30 years ago Mr.. Tennent was to all
appearances dead. and only returned to con-
sciousness as his coffin stood upon the edge Of
the grave and the funeral services were about
to be pronounced over him. His visions were
very much like those of Mr.. Schrack, but he
would never reveal all that he saw while in
the spirit world. Instead however, of hav-
ing his faculties frightened by his trance, it
is said that he woke to consciousness as igno-
rant as little child, and it was only after he
had spent years of patient study that the page
of Latin over which he had been vainly
struggling suddenly became plain to him, and
he regained his learning as mysteriously as he
had lost it,.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-02-08

strolled away. She sat where she could look
down into the valley, but there stood the mist,
and somehow she did not like either TO look
down there Just now Then she moved away,
and without any more thought she came and
sat on the opposite side of the cliff, where
she could look down on the Fjord. There
came peace to her from the long view of the
water.
While she was sitting there she thought she
should like to sing, and she chose a song with
long notes and burden, which foated far
away into the calm evening. She found that
she liked to hear herself sing, and when she
came TO the end of the first verse, she began
the second with louder voice. But when she
had sung that verse it seemed to her as if
somebody was answering from far below.
Dear me, what can that be z" she thought,
and stepped out on the utternOst ledge, and
threw her arms around tall brch-tree which
stood there and tremblcd over the abyss. She
looked downward, but she saw nothing. The
Fjord lay quietly asleep; not bird was stir
ring. She sat down again and took up her
song. But this time somebody answered
with the same tune and much nearer. As
laug sprang up and leaned once more over
the ledge. Then she saw n boat moored at
the foot of the cliff, but so far below that it
looked like a nutshell. She drew the eyes
upward and caught sight of red cap climb
ing the naked wall. "Who can that be p
she asked, and made long leap backward.
She dared not answer for she knew full well
WHO it was She threw herself down on the
green sward and took hold of the grass with
both her hands, as if it were she who must
not miss the grasp. The roots loosencd she
shrieked, thrust her hands deeper into the
sod, and prayed to God Almighty to help him.
Then she felt that this was truly to try God,
and could not be expected to be granted.
but only this one time" she burst out, "help
him, oh only this one time" She clasped
the dog as if it were Tore she would hold
fast, rolled with it over the green sward, and
thought that these minutes would never come
to an end.
But suddenly the dog sprang up, started
toward the ledge, wagged his tail, and bark
ed turned back to Aslaug, jumped with his
fore-paws into her lap and barked; twisted
round again and barked with frantic restless
ness, while red cap arose above the ledge,
and Tore leaped to her bosom. There he lay
for whole minute. Neither Of them spoke,
and when they begun to talk there was not
much wit in what they said.
But old Juut, when he heard about il, said
a word which was not unwitty. He threw
his fist down on the table, and thundered
through the room, There is might in that
boy, and the girl shall be his ~ Translated
in The Ne,r York Times.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-02-08

The LAST HouR OF KING VIoToR EMMAN-
UEL's LIFE was filled with peculiarly distress
ing scenes. The Princess AIargherita was
wild with grief, and had TO be taken forcibly
away from the couch The King in feeble
voice said to her;
why do you weep, my child; don't you
know that sooner or later all must die 2"
little later, rs the members of his civil
and military household passed before him to
bid him farewell, he saw the strong men con-
vulsed with sobs and said, with much dignity
Don't cry. Kings, as well as other peo-
pie, are mortal"
Shortly before the King breathed his last
the physicians endeavored to prevent his wish
to be seated in a chair. They advised him to
remain in bed, but he said
II beg of you my friends, let me die in my
own fashion"
And they concluded that they would.
To Prince Humbert he said (this version of
his words has been authorized Hold firm
and good, and love with equal love country,
liberty and religion. ."-Ed,oard King in BOs-
ton Journal
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-02-08

The WILL OF THE LATE SAMUEL BowLEs
bequeaths to his wife $4,000, and to Miss
Alathea Easter, her companion and houskeep-
er for 80 years, S., 900, both from his life in
surance All the remainder of his estate, in
cluding $4,000 additional of life insurance
and his interest in the Republican, is be-
queathed, in trust, to his son, Samuel Bowles,
and Charles Allen of Boston, who are author
lied to dispose of it as they shall see fit, and
make full or partial distribution of it among
the heirs. The whole management of the es-
tate is left in their hands, with the single res
ervation that in making the distribution, they
shall bear in mind the sums already paid 20
some of the children. The will was written
by Mr.. Bowles himself, and is brief and free
from legal verbiage. 1t is dated November
H. 1877, only two weeks before the fatal at
tack of Gpoplexy.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-02-08

The GROWTH OF OPIUM CONSUMPTION in the
United States during the last score of years is
startling In 1859 the importation was TO-
500 pounds and in 1876 it had increased to
22s, 742 pounds not including 80, 100 pounds
of the drug prepared expressly for smoking
and 32s5 ounces of morphine. No reference
is made in these estimates to the comparative
ly large quantity which is smuggled into the
country. For an adult one grain of opium or
one-sixth of grain of morphine is an ordin-
AIRY dose. Reducing the 32S5 ounces of the
latter to its equivalent in opium and the whole
imported amount of the drug to Troy grains
(apothecaries' weight the total annual con-
sumption for the country is 2,5S9, 1924, S39
grains, or enough to supply every human be-
ing in the land with one-sixth of grain day
through the year. About one-hfth of this
amount is used incidentally, leaving d, ,125, 1888
grains as a daily consumption for the stimu-
lating and narcotic effects. Allowing the high
estimate of 80 grains to each opium topper,
there are 204 600 habitual consumers in the
United States, at an annual expenditure of
about 81 900, 600 for their qualification. This
does not include the sums expended by OPT
un-smokers, which amount to many thous-
ands more.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-02-08

PARIS Is NEVER WITHOUT ITS SENsATlON, ana
the gossips at the clubs are never idle. The
latest story amusing them shows how clever
mother tricked Dominican monk and gend-
arme and made sure of the custody of her son.
Ten years ago Chevaudier de Naldrome, a
member of an illustrious French family, took
into his gray head the notion of marrying
young girl named Defoden. She was the
daughter of a dame who sold papers in one of
the kiosques of the boulevards, and though
upon the stage could scarcely be called an act
ress. The old gentleman was blessed with an
heir in due course of time, with whom he was
better pleased than with the subsequent con-
duct of his wife, whom he deemed too frivol-
GUS She had lover, and, according to her
story, at the advice of her husband, Il separa-
tion was decided upon, Naldrome, who was
rich, taking excellent care of the Defoden
family. Three years ago he died, and, of
course there was "A lively legal contest over
the parcelling of his garments. On the rep
resentation that his mothers morals We're not
good the court decreed the custody of the lad
to the Valdrome family, who were instructed
to place him at school with the Dominican
monks, and permit the mother to see him pc
riodically On New Years day monk brought
the lad to his mothers house, and while the
good friar cooled his heels in an ante-cham-
ber the boy was dressed in the toggery of a
girl and hurried out of the house and away
from Paris in charge of a well-paid servant,
When the monk found he was tricked he
called for the police, who endeavored to gain
n clue as to the childs whereabouts by watch
ing the movements of the mother. They fol-
lowed her to church and posted themselves to
shadow her after, her deyotions being com
pleted, she would leave the church In the