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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-04
virginia News.

Reinhatdt, who shot Frick. 10 Richmond,
last Sunday, Tor too great Intimacy with MS
wife, has been sent oc to the grand jury tor
shooting 10 the Streets, and Frick goes before
the same body Tor adultery. Before the shooting;
Reinhart attacked bis wife, aud she was heard
to exc!aiu, "For God ssks-do kill me Tor
uylcbildrens sake" She then ran down stairs
and ihta the street With only one garment CO.,
and asriel ID run to a friends house near by
fojrr 'taluge, and while thus 10 rapid transit 3
yyCuor blood happened to be passing along, a0d
ne iei kcd off bis overeoat and threw 1t around
the uotortuuatc creature. This act of gallaotry
vas ,ppIauded by three or four interested spec
I.tatoE.
j qsephus II. Gardner, grocer Of SUI
folk committed suicide yesterday at his
store. lie sent lis clerk 10 nei ghborlng store
on ab erraad, laid down on a. bed 10 the back
T room and blew out bis brains with horsemao
I7pistal., The body presented hortld appear
sucd, one eye being blown out and the brains
scattered about the room. He had been 10 bad
beahh sometime, aud his brain was probably
afssed. He leaves'a young wife. ,.
|: AT a meeting of the stockholders Of the
I Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail
road, !. held 10, Richmond, yesterday. prope
stiou fox the re establish ment OF the Quantlco
steamboat line was discussed. Though nc
,de6nite action was taken, the views ct those
present seemed to be against the re. opeuiog Of
ther7Er- rousc. -|'v =. 5000 -. IL .
;, The Charlottesville Republican says The
mess system. which has been somewhat 10
vogue at the university for years. has, during
this session. been developed ioto, very com
plele aud successful system. It affords every
COM fort and costs only ten dollars month.
~ lr. Them. who received serious wounds il
the fatal ARRAY be had with MI. Pitts, III
INHthapptoo1i county, last week, was the ina
orator of thc'"J eff. ," Society, aud graduated
With high hooors. TIVE years ago at the Uol
vvetsity ofVireiaia::' .. A..t.a ..... .e....
Coz. w alter D. Blair, aged 81, a prominent
grbcer Of Richmond. died there yesterday: d.
v as iather of Prof. Blair, Of William and Mar!
College. apd Of Circuit Judge Blair, OF Salem
Roanoke Co.; 49,. ' ""'''.''. -: -,
ITbe Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows Of thi
l,State will commence IFS regular annual session
| I'D Richmond Eext Tuesday. " .'''...: - .'"-.;.'!
| iE. Travis Alexander. we'll known citizen o
tLSnchburg, died there last Monday. 's.a,'.
l. F'rost's drug STORE: 10 Lyuchburg, was de
| . stroyed by fra early yesterday morning. 90:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-04

:: This. late elections ia the North and West
have res ulted uafavorably to the dem oorats,
]: aud ifths present Congress make many more
: errors: The national democracy will have TO de:
pend entirely upon the South for its Erdpresen-
tstives 10 the next Congress. = ~.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-04

lpIMi. Fl iyetsH Speech ID ttq u s.aH ouse Of
Representatives yesterday was not fattering to
= the representatives. Of the democracy npw 10
Congress, but it was too humorous to be CON
fued only to radical readers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-04

The, wcc ieaipggs Of the Senate tO;dssiveEa
uoimyortapt,.; W. Matthews; Of Ohio: made: q
speech on, 4he Psa6s Railroads funding; bill
The House If, Rspr esentatives bad up TIE
casetof ;Doo.keepe1s Polk. and fualEy succeeded
10 ouxiugthst much abused officer and assign
inc his duties to the Sergeant: at: Arms 80.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-04

Be-sure and call for DR.. Bull Cough si EI
ifyou are troubled with "a bad Cough OF ~. UI r.,
l. will give you relief. for sale hv ests! fee
specsablo Druggist. One bottle % cen'S
for $E.00* - 80.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-04

The following lust tribute to Col. Wit ers'
coupled 9Th the expression o., sym patty, from
the Peterabusg Index Appeal, will be :appTe-
ciatcd throughout the State and country {: ! !:
"Thcre is mol probably man 10 Virginia,
of any race politics, or faction, who Wi not
hear with sincere regret Of the. trouble Which
Senator: Wishers is experiencing from thc 10:
hammahod IF hfstyes.t There are many citi5
i5enh'vhp afsrwth ga Witbbarsoa issuEEs Of Of
does not profoundly respect'lhe honorable and
am,iable character of the man. las. g. personal
exemplar, be Is justly held to- be oue 'of: the
leaders Of tho%pubIio men of the day; apart
from the eminencs Of pig services ID other re-.
laiops of his publc life. "
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-04

PLEASURES OF CoNsTAETlNoPLE.-Io Jt!"
from the letters Of correspondents with The Il -
and arnies in the vicinity Ct Constantine
the probability of renewed WAT does not HI" !,
them from getting all the. EMO yment Out {. =, :,
which it is capable Of sfordiug, then. On :.
Asistic side ofthe Dardanelles the officer; OF -
British ships amuse themselves with fox nVA.''-
aud have all the regulation fes,ures OF no.,
hounds, stables AID kennels. On board the -.
clsds there are frequent amateur theatri-H 20.
te,tsinments ind concerts. The RussiaA; D..
also taking their reia1 alton after their caml. y, 90
In the suburbs of Constant inopiee the Gu !,s.
have established Themselves in the house; o. 49,,
weslthiest residents, and are dslty suppIi'u n".
the best of every thing for their tables. .-:
correspondent W rites tina: the railway, S.n.,.
Under the hampers of game, pastry ana So ~.
mests, while very river OF en- tmpsSne' w. ,
source is in the Capital. debouerfs oey3' ,-.,
neutral zone. The bathing and qualI ',.,-'
at San Stefsno are excellent, and the cor
show no desire to iesve such pleasant qu r,,-;
Tho glittering parsdes Of tho lmperln, "' ,,,.
and the splendid music CT tho bands dfs' ~ ~.
crowds of visitors from Constsnt'no2!o !" oy,-,
trs trains aSe run on the railway anu .fcce:,
steamers on the waterways This Is mag, ~
and although it is net war, IL ms7 o.
soon have to give way.to war.-Bdlto A"''
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puBLrsnaD -D41AtEE AND 7Rt:wI1rKI7 By
EDGAR .9NQwDEN. :.

THURSDAY r. IEIV i; APRIL 4; 1875
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-04

j Ma Smith ia building handsome frame
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-10-23
A Blast.Furnace in Central Africa.

Mr.. Stanley gives the following &C.
count of the manufacture of iron from
ore on the banks of the Lualaba river
in Central Africa, in his book Through
the Dark Continent :" ..
At Wane. Kirumbu we found large
native forge and smithy, where there
we're about . dozen smiths busily at
work. The iron ore is very pure. Here
were the broad -bladed spears of South
ern Uregga, and the equally broadknives,
of all sizes from the small waist-knife an
inch and q half in length to the heavy
Roman sword-like cleaver. The bel
lows for the smelling furnace are four
in number, double-handled and manned
by four men, who. by quick up-and-
down motion, supply a powerful blast,
the noise of which is heard nearly half
q mile from the scene. The furnace
consists of tamped clay raised into a
mound about four feet high. A hollow
is then excavated in it, two feet in
diameter and two feet deep. From the
middle of the slope four apertures are
excavated into the base of the furnace,
into which are fitted funnel-shaped
earthenware pipes to convey the blasts
to the fire. At the base of the mound
a wide aperture for the hearth is exca-
waited, penetrating below the furnace.
The hearth receives the dross and Stag.
Close by stood piled up mat-sacks Of
charcoal, with couple of boys ready to
supply the fuel and about two yards
off was a similar smithy, where the iron
was shaped into hammers, axes, war
matches, spears, knives, leglets, armlett
and iron beads, etc. The art of the
blacksmith is high standard in these
forests, considering the loneliness OF th'
inhabitants. The people have much
traditional lore, and it appears from thu
immunity which they have enjoyed il
these dismal retreats, that from ont
generation to another something ha
been communicated and learned, show
ing that even the jungle man is q pro
gressive and improvable animal.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-10-23

Deadwood now has population of
about 1000, and is the commercial CEN
ter of the Black Hills region. 1t has
rude theaters, dance houses, gambling
saloons, and uncounted barrooms yet
recent visitor says there is far less
ruffianism than might fairly be expected
in a new mining place. There are
banks, churches, a school-house, news
paper, and good hotels. Many lawyers
get good income out of the extensive
litigation over the title to mines. Dead
wood is in an irregular gulch, has al
ready outgrown its space, and begins to
climb the precipitious sides of the hills
by which it is inclosed. White cot
tages, approached by winding paths and
steps, stand hundreds Of feet above the
level of the town. Under Deadwood
proper there is another city-the city
of the miners. Openings to the tunnels
and shafts are seen at various places
throughout the upper town. In the
tunnels and shafts the placer miner digs
out the yellow earth, and sluices it for
the crumbs of gold that, during the long
ages, have been slowly escaping from
the quartz lodes in the hills. But capi.
talists have taken hold Of the mining
business OF the Black Hills, and many
quauts mills of the best class are run
ming. The truth about the yield of gold
is hard to find out, because the owners
of rich mines seek to depreciate values
and the owners OF worthless mines have
O contrary intention.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-10-23
A Boys Struggle With a Deer.

John Kenniff, the fourteen-year-old
son Of keeper in Prospect park, Brook
lyn, scaled the fence around an inclos-
ure in which deer were kept. The
drove of deer was grouped near the
keepers house, and as the lad ap-
preached they pricked up their ears,
and the largest of the herd, fat buck,
stepped out and started toward Kenniff,
walking, and watching the boy intently.
The boy picked up the thick end Of a
piece of rope and threw il at the deer,
startling him a little. Then the boy
turned, thinking no more of the animal,
and went along picking up some chest
nuts. While he was thus engaged, the
deer came softly up behind him aud
gored him with his antlers in his right
leg, knocking him down. Then the an
imal backed off and started at him again,
but young Kenniff caught him by the
antlers with both hands and held him
back. The deer struggled to get free,
but the boy maintained his grasp, al
though he was kept off his feet, being
pushed along by the animal. When he
came near a sapling he quickly threw
out his hand and steadied himself, so as
to get on his feet. Then he started on
run backward toward the keepers
lodge, still keeping the deer's antlers in
his hands. He ran along, crying for
help. The animal pushed him fast.
When they reached little hillock, at
the foot of which was the house, the
boy fell and began to roll over and over |;
but he kept his hold on the antlers,
fearing the minute he let go the deer
would run the sharp prongs through
him. The boy rolled up against the house
and there managed to get on his feet
again. With one hand holding the deer
and the other against the house, he
made his way along until he came to
the door. He tried to lift the latch but
could not, and there was no one inside
to answer his calls. Then he let 60 his
hold, made a dash for the enclosure
where the hens are kept, and tried to
get over the fence; but the deer ran
upon him and knocked him down. Then
the animal struck him twice in the face
with his antlers. cutting a cash near his
right eye and tearing open the flesh of
the cheek. The lad cried piteously for
help. A boy passing along Flatbush
avenue saw the deer bucking him, and
informed the driver of passing horse
car. The driver and two passengers
scaled the fence and ran at full speed to
the boys assistance. AT the sight of
them the deer ran away. The boy was
taken to the city hospital, where his
wounds were dressed.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-10-23
POrterage" and " Cabbage"

An officer detached somewhere on spe-
cial duty, and allowed to charge his ex-
penses to the war Office, duly sent there
a memorandum of the different sums he
had disbursed. Among these was an
item of one shilling paid to porter who
had helped to carry his luggage. This
item the officer entered as "porter."
Shortly afterward he received an official
letter from the war Office in which his
attention was called to this extraordi-
nary charge" Captain - was re-
minded that the secretary of war was
not disposed to sanction the cost of his
beer being betrayed out of the public
moneys, and that in any case, even in
hot weather, whole shilling for porter
was decidedly excessive. My friend was
much tickled. He dispatched a formal
reply in which he elaborately explained
that "porter" did not represent the
liquor that he had poured down his
throat, but the man who had carried his
luggage. This brought curt reply'from
Pail Mall directing captain 80 to enter
such charges, not as "porter," but as
"porterage." The gallant officer in
question, little amused and perhaps a
little annoyed at this ridiculous red
tapeism, took the warning to heart. A
few weeks later, in making up the ac-
count of his disbursements, he had oc-
casion to charge Is. sd. for the hire OF
cab. Mindful of the past, he argued to
himself that if "porter" :" in war office
English became transmogrifed into
"porterage, "cab," Of course. must
undergo the same development, and he
meekly jotted down in his modest
schedule eighteen pence, in what he
supposed to be the orthodox manner.
By the next post he received q tremen-
dous foolscap epistle, Indignantly desir-
ing to know why captain - had pre-
sumed to charge eighteen pence for
cabbage? London Hornet.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-10-23
70 the Point.

The New York Mercantile Journal
says We cut the following from an ex.
change whose editor, it is to be hoped
for the good of the country, will long
stay out of the "bone patch." His
words will bear repeating to other sub
scribers than his own: Eg "a
"MoNEY WANTED. - We must have
money--it is useless to say we can do
without it, for we can not. If we we're
to die and go to the bone patch we might
get along without it, but while we live
we must have some money. From this
date we shall expect every one in debt
to us to OF once pay us. Some can easily
do it. others must borrow the sum due
and send it, for we can bear no ones
burdens. Let it be 80 that we need not
ask again, for it is too painful for us
longer to bear what we are now bear
ing"
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-10-23

A gentleman living in the northern
suburbs secured hive of bees two or
three weeks ago as nucleus for an
apiary, and in the course OF ten days he
had read ten different works on the
honey-bee and invented half dozen
patent hives. The other forenoon
man called at the house on business and
was informed by the wife that her hus-
band was out inspecting the bees.
els he looking up honeyS' inquired
the man. sBf sa'dGsh .Aiv
"Oh, no--he's looking to see if there
are any drones in the hives" ar
At that moment both were startled by
series of whoops and yells, and the
husband came around the corner OF the
house on the jump, his hat striking the
air on all sides of him. He rushed
through the currant bushes and back,
rolled over the grass and lit out for the
barn. and the amazed wife shaded her
ewes from the sun as she looked after
him, and continued, in disappointed
tone:
"But don't believe he found single
drone, by the way they stick to him. -
Detroit Free Press,
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-10-23
Items OF Interest.

AtNhAo VI AhtSitoNs
Coffee, unlike music, is improved by
grinding.
Oysters have language of their own
and CLANS stew.
The White mountain range don't
heat up worth cent.
Nearly all the prominent naturalists
give the bobolink different names.
The finest -four in Germany is now
said to be made with glass millstones.
The gorgeous color of the autumn leaf
is due to the regular process Of ripen-
ing.
The trouble with many communities
is that their dead men refuse to be
buried.
North America has over hundred
and forty trees that grow over thirty
feet high.
The Pekin Gazette speaks Of Kung
Too Whing, about A. D. 976, as the in.
ventor of the telephone. ..l.1
In some parts of South America grain
is spread in enclosures and threshed by
horses running over it. n.a-.
There are 2,610 distilleries in Russia
and the tax on liquors produced in 1875
amounted to $157, 1891, ,492.
No wonder the Chinese are such a
perplexing study, Their greatest phi
losopher wasnamed Confuse-us.
Probably there is nothing in the worl
that man resents so quickly and so
deeply as to find you awfully busy when
he is perfectly at leisure. bon
Whenever man begins to feel that
he is so great that the country is stand
ing out in the middle of the road wait
ing for him to come by, it is about time
for his friends to look up some soft
place in lunatic asylum to lay him
down in. n.--BredkfaSt Table. 5000
TIMELY TOPIC.
What is it that's shouted, howled and sung
BY every class, in every tongue,
By old and middle-aged and young
Grandfather's Clock.
What is it that hesr all day,
That 8 whistled from Dan to Beershe-bd
That every pianos made to play2
Grandfather's Clock.
At night, what rouses me from bed
At work, what starts my aching head?
At home, what hummed by wife and maid
Grandfather's Clock,
What weight for no one, works apace,
Confronts all hands with brazen face,
And springs at them from every place
Grandfathers Clock.
PUCK.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-10-23
Words OF Wisdom.
Kindness gives birth to kindness.

Kindness gives birth to kindness.
Ingratitude is treason to mankind.
Memory always obeys the commands
of the heart.
A well-bred man is always sociable
and complaisant.
Liberty, when it begins to take root
is plant of rapid growth.
Hate is an active, envy a passive dis
pleasure; it need not surprise us, there
fore, to see how quickly envy becomes
hate.
In good society we are required to do
obliging things to one another; in gen.
teel society we are only required to say
them.
A weak mind sinks under prosperity
as we'll as under adversely. A strong
mind has two highest tides-when the
moon is at the full and when there is no
moon.
1t requires O great deal of badness
and a great deal of caution to make a
great fortune, and when you have got it
it requires ten times as much to keep it.
The mind is nourished at cheap rate.
Neither cold, nor heat, nor age itself can
interrupt this exercise. Give, therefore,
all you can to possession which ame-
liorates even in its old age.
Whatever comes out of despair cannot
bear the title of valor, which should be
lifted up to such height that holding
all things under itself it should be able
to maintain its greatness even in the
midst of miseries.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-10-23
Wishing and Having.

II to wish and to have were one, my dear.
You would be sitting now
With not care in your tender heart.
Not wrinkle upon your brow
The clock Of time would 20 back with you
All the years you have been my wife,
I'LL its golden hands had pointed out
The happiest hours Of your life:
would stop them at that immortal hour;
The clock should no longer run;
You could not be sad and sick and old
II to wish and to have were one.
You are not here in the winter, my love,
The snow is not whirling down;
You are in the heart OF the summer woods,
In your dear old seaside town:
A patter Of little feet in the leaves.
A beautiful boy at your side;
He is gathering flowers in the shady nooks-
1t was but dream that he died
Keep hold Of his hands and sing to him:
No mother under the sun 4a -.|
Has such seraphic child as yours
II to wish and to have were one.
Methinks am with you there, dear wife
In that old house by the sea
l have flown to you as the bluebird flies
To his mate in the poplar tree
A sailors hammock hangs at the door,
You swing in it, book in hand
A boat is standing in for the beach,
It's keel CRATES on the sand:
Your brothers are coming-two manly men,
Whose lives have only begun:
Their days will be long in the land, dear heart
II to wish and to have were one.
II to wish and to have were one. ah, me
would not be old and poor,
But young and prosperous gentleman,
With never dun at the door
There would be no past to bewail, my love,
There would be no future to dread
Your brothers would be live men again,
And your brothers would not be dead.
Perhaps it will come all right at last;
1t may be, when all is done,
We shall be together in some good world
Where to wish and to have are one.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-10-23
The BuZzing OF Insects.

The old naturalists believed that the
buzzing of insects was caused solely by
the vibrations of the wing, but this
opinion was abandoned when Reaumur
showed that a blow-fy continues to buzz
after its wings are cut off. According to
NJ. Jousset de Bellesme, who has been
investigating the subject, insects which
buzz emit two sounds, grave one when
they fly, and sharp one when they
alight. The grave sound always accom-
panies the great vibrations OF the wings.
1t commences as soon as the wings be-
gin to move, and if the wings be cut off
it disappears entirely. The sharp sound
is never, ON the contrary, produced dur
ing fight; it is only observed apart
from the great vibrations of the wings
when the insect alights, or when it is
held so as to hinder its movement, and
in that case the wing is seen to be ami
mated by rapid trembling. 1t is also
produced when the wings are entirely
taken away. This sharp sound is due to
the vibrations of the thorax. The form
of the thorax changes with each move
ment of the wing under the influence of
the contraction of the thorax muscles.
The muscular masses intended for fight
being powerful, this vibratory move
ment of the thorax is very intense, as
may be proved by holding bumble-bee
between the fingers. And as the vibra-
tions are repeated two or three hundred
times per second, they give rise to q
musical sound, which is the sharp note.
In fact the air which surrounds the
thorax is set in vibration by that direct
ly, and without the wing taking part
! in it,
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-10-23
HYDE PARK, VT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 1873

than two minutes had poured the whole
history of the mistake into Nellie's will
ing ear.
In another five minutes they were
better friends than ever.
The schoolboys were surprised next
day when our hero, in addition to half
holiday, gave them penny apiece all
around.
But they did not know what We do,
did they?
Briggs has been forgiven. he often
carries messages from Mr.. Frederick
Woodman to Miss Nellie Morris, but
they are invariably in black and white.
The little schoolmaster has had enough
for little while Of the language of flow
pra
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-10-23

doctor" said wealthy patient to
his physician, 81 want you to be
thorough and strike at the root Of the
disease" "Well, I will, said the doc
tor. as he lifted his cane and brought it
down hard enough to break into pieces a
bottle and a glass that stood upon the
sideboard. 1t was his last professional
visit to that house.