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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-12-06
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HAS ENTIRRI.y CURED NE.

"a -EI 81 Il M- ia -kaA
Has ENTlREI.y CURED NE.
Boston. Oct, 1870.
Dear Eir.-M7 daughter, sC.er having aaoVeIo
attack oI Nnooping Cough wes left in feeble
state of health. Being advised By friend sne
tried the VEGETINE, and after using te"
bottles wss fully restored to health.
haEc been great sufferer from 81 c - s:
I hsve taken several bottles OF tho EG HILN Il
for this COM lpisint snd sm happy TO ssy u h@ss @
entirely cured nc. I have Tecommended the
VEGETLNE to others with Tie same. goo1 re-
suits II is greAt cleanser and purifier or ine
blood It is pleasant - take aad can heer1uily
rccanroodjt James Morse,
3Gt Athens Street.
RgEUMATISA IS A DISEASE OF TIE
BLOOD.
Tho blood in this disease, is found to contain
m excess Of tbrin. VEGETIN acts By con-
yertinc the blood from its diseased condition to
healthy circulation. YEdETINE regulates
the bowels which is very impoItTnt IN tnis
complaint. One bottle Of FegeAne Will give
reef; but, TO effect permanent cure, II, guss
be taken regularly, and may take several bot
ties especially in cases oflong standing. Y E0,
ETIME is sold By sill druggists. Try 1t and
your verdict will be- tho same IS that OF tnous'
ands before you who say, in eye: @ 10un4 q =, so
much relief IS from the use OF VbGf LIN D.,
which is conlposea exclusively Of Barks, Roots
sid Herbs. ,,
"VEGEr1sE," says Boston physician has
10 equal rs q blood purifier. Hearing OF ITS
many wonderful! cures, after ell other remedies
had failed, visited tho Laboratory, ana con
vinced ,uysef OF lis genuine s:eTit IL IS pre-
pared from barks roots and herbs, esch OF
which il highly elective, and they are CON-
pounded in such manner as 10 proouco as
tcniSniLg results"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-12-06
II 4 )O1D

! Grave mistakes ere Hsds in the treatment
, of nll diseases ,hst ari53 from Folson n the
| bioad. No: ono case Of Scrofuls, Syphilis,
Whito Swelling, Ulcarous Sores snd Skln
| Disesse in q Thousand is treated without tho
use Of MelcGry il some form. Mercury rots
woyse tlsu any olGcr iind Of blood or skin
Gisssso Can be- Doctor pEMBERTON'S
STILLINGIA or QUEEN's DELIGHT is the
only medicine up2n which hope OF recov;;
ery from Scsof4la. Syphilis and Mercurial
diseases III all stages, c@n bo reasonably
founded, and that will cure Cancer SlO.UOo
will be paid BY tho proprle.ors if Mercury;
or any Ingredient not purely vegetable ana
| harmless can be found IT, II. PElco ny sii
Druggists -. o
nov 7-1v Enila0etPNls, P, Il.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-12-06

The i!luninative poaer Of Ealson'a electro
I;oht c,nld not be better utilized than tor an
esamipa,ion Of Dealham's listers and ocoton
Ove-coats after sundOWn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-12-06

AYOTICE-WE WILL AT ALL TINES
~ SILL GROCERIES, AS CHEAP, AND
MANY OF THEM Cheaper. THAN AN
PKICE LIST ADVERTLSaD. 4 comparison
of prices. solicited. F. j. DAVIDSON,
| oct % lat King street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-12-06

ErsFuAJ BROS, TAILOEs AND CLoThlERs'
ropNER 7TIAND Z STREETS, WASHINGTON
n II
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-08-22
Helena Montana, Thursday, August -, 1873.
Cough Drops.

Bachelors are alwus a braggin ov their
freedom freedom to darn their own stock
ings, and poultiss their own sbins l had
rather be widower once in 2 years, reglar,
than tew be grunting, old, hair-dyed bach
elor only for 80 days.
Ambishun tew shine in everything il a
sure way tew put mans kandle all out.
Sucking whipt sillybub, thru rhy straw,
il good deal like trieing to liv on buty.
Sum people won't beleave emmy thing they
kant prove; the things kant prove, are the
very things beleave the most.
Good examples amung the rulers, are the
best laws they kan enakt.
He who spends biz younger days in disapa-
shun is mortgaglng' himself to disseaze and
poverty, two ineXorable creditors, who are
session ov the premises.
The world owes all its energy and refine
ment tew luxurys-digging roots for breakfast
and going naked for clothes. is the virtewous
innocence ov a lazy savage.
Prudes are coQuets gone to seed.
A dandy in love il in just about az bad
fix az stick ov molasses candy that has half
melted.
Thare il no good substitute for wisdum,
but silence iz the best that haz been discover
ed yet.
Thare liz lots of folks in this world, who
rather than not find emmy fault at all, wouldn't
hesitate tew say tew an angle-worm that Liz
tail waz altogether too long for the rest OF
biz boldly.
A man who il good company for himself
is alwus good company for others.
Cunning is very apt tew outwit itself. The
man who turned the boat over and got under
it tew keep out ov the rain was one Ov this
kind
never knew but one infidel in mi life, and
he had no more courage than a half-drowned
kitten jest pulled out ov swill-barrel, and
waz az afraid tew die az the devil would be if
he waz allowed tew visit the earth for short
season to recruit himself.
I have seen men who had worn out their
vices, and suppozed, ov course, that they
waz living on their yirteus.
What man il the most afraid ov he sez
he don't beleave in; this may ackount for
sum mems ur',eleaf in hell.
The man wno dies the ritchest il the one
who leaves the least here, and takes the most
with him.-Josh Billings Farmers Almanac
for 1879
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-08-22
Heavy Gam bling Near the Pole.

F'Books were also a source of great amuse-
ment to the men who were studiously in
clined, as the well-thumbed volumes in our
library soon testified. Several of the men
wrote regular journals, which were even kept
up by few while they were sledging. Among
the officers, chess, backgammon, and rub.
Der in the captains cabin formed the chief
amusements. Although gambling is sdiscoun-
tenanced (or ought to be) on board every
well-regulated man-of-war, we so far forgot
ourselves as to indulge largely In this vice.
Seldom was game played without stake
on the result. The stakes, too, We're exorbi-
tant, frequently as much as one 1ucifer match
per game! 1t must be remembered that
matches were very scarce and precious arti-
cles with us, and it was, therefore, very
high and valuable stake. On one occasion,
one Of my messmates YVES SO rash as to wager
ta.low candle on the result of game, but
this was an offer of such magnitude that no
one was sufficiently brave or sporting to ac-
cept little Great Frozen Sea, Captain
Markham.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-08-22
A curse Upon Him.

The family history OF Sir Capel Fitzger-
aid, the young baronet arrested for robblng
his mistress jewelry and sovereign, is, &C.
cording to London correspondent, strange
one, and the scandal will cause many peas
ant to cross himself devoutly and mutter off
an ancient prophecy and heritage of male
diction. The young fellows grandfather
was the first baronet, so created for the
bloody part he took in the horrors which fol-
lowed the Irish insurrection of 1898. He
was known as changing" Fitzgerald. The
pitch cap, the triangle and the lash were part
of his travelling equipment. One day an old
woman actually knelt in the blood OF her two
sons, whom Magistrate" Fitzgerald had shot
dead at their own door, and, lifting her hands
to heaven, '@cursed him" to the third genera
ton, and prophesied death of disgrace to
all his race. twenty-five years later the first
object of this malediction died by bis own
hani; ten years ago his son cut his throat ;
the young bsronet now in Jail is the last OF
the line
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-08-22

The pantry shelves are getting grimy, or
fnger-marks around the door-latches and
knobs are looking dark and unsightly. For
lack of time they are left day after day, for
it is hard work to scour all the time, and it
wears off the paint too. Now suppose his
wife has her bottle Of spirits of ammonia to
use; she takes her basin of water and a clean
cloth, just puts on few drops OF the fluid and
wipes off all the dirt. 1t is worth more than
a half days labor, and does not hurt the paint
either. She could put few dropsin her dish
water and see how easily the dishes could be
cleaned; few drops on sponge would clean
all the windows in the sitting-room making
them shine like crystal 1t would take the
stains off the teaspoons and teaspoonful in
the mop-pail would do more in washing up
the kitchen floor than ten pounds of elbow
grease applied to the mop-handle: A house
wife has just as much right to make her work
easy and expeditions as well as her husband
has, If she does not do it, the fault is her
own in great measure.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-08-22
LOST ON THE DESERT.
A Child Wanders Four Days without
Food or Water.

A week ago man by the name of Rossis-
ter, who is engaged in the wood business near
Moore's station, on the railroad, was visited
by his wife and child, who reside at Hum
boldt Wells While at the wood camp the
child, boy four and half years of age,
wandered off and was not missed by his par.
ents for probably twenty minutes after he
left the camp. That day search was made
for the little fellow without finding him, and
the next day large party set out on his trail,
which was followed with great difficulty. We
are informed by conductor Hopkins that. on
the third day fifteen men left Humboldt Wells
on horseback to hunt for the little wanderer,
among them the railroad agent, Mr..
Watson. He found the boys track, but as
he had taken off his boots it was very diff
cult to trace it, Mr.. Watson tied the horses
halter to one of his own legs and followed the
track on his hands and knees for several
miles, and at last found the child on the sum-
NIT of lone mound near the Independence
Mountains, 25 miles from where he started
The child travelled four days during the in
tensely hot weather of last week, without
food or water, and was crazy when found by
Mr.. Watson. He recovered rapidly, how
ever. and yesterday morning when conductor
Hopkins left the Wells was apparently none
the worse for his adventure.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-08-22
The Ages Of Noted Men.

Public life seems to have agreed with Tai
leyrand and Netternich, who reached respec;,
lively 81 and SO, as we'll as Guizot, who lived
to 81, and Thiers, who died at 80. But Pal
mersthn at 81, and Gortsschakoff at 70, do
not make as good showing in point OF long
evity as John Adams at 81, josiah Quincy at
60, and Thomas jefferson at 50. John Quin-
cy Adams lived to 81, Lewis Cass to 81, Clay
to 70, Benton to 76, and Webster to 70. Earl
Beacons6eld is 70, Gladstone SO. Farl Stan
hope 73, Bismark is 63, and Moltke 70: The
great lawyers and Judges OF Engalnd nave
at 81, Eldon at 81, Mansfield and Brongham
at SO, Lyndhurst at 81. and St. Leonards at
81. are notable examples; but with Horace
Binney reaching 81, Chief Justice Taney 81,
and John Marshall 80, we have no reason to
be discouraged at the chances of legal longe.
vity in this country.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-08-22
To Get Out Of Debt.

To young man in debt Benjamin Frank.
lin gave the following advice: Make full
estimate of vIl you owe, and all that is owing
to you. Reduce the same to note. AS last
as you collect, pay over to those you owe
If yon cannot, renew your note every year,
business diligently and be Industrious, waste
no idle moments; be very economical in all
things, discard all pride; be faithful to your
God, by regular and hearty prayer morning
and night, attend church and meeting regu-
lar every Sunday; and do unto all men as
you would they should do unto you. If you
are too neendy in circumstances to give to
the poor, do whatever else is in your power
to do cheerfullp. But if you can, help the
poor and unfortunate. Pursue this course
diligently and sincerely for seven years: and
if you are not happy, comparable and inde-
pendent in your circumstances. come to me
and will pay your debts,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-08-22
A Great Eel Preserve

The Brooklyn Eagle says: On the farm of
James N. Wells, in the town of Riverhead, is
the greatest eel preserve ever seen inland.
The pond covers five acres. Two years ago
MI. Wells put into the pond 2,000 doxen eels,
with no intention of disturbing them for i've
years. They have increased wonderfully,
millions being in the pound, and It is thought
that there will be !quadrillicns before MI.
Wells gets ready to market them. The ee!s
are fed regularly every three days on what is
known as "horse feet" sea product, with
meat inside shell which takes the shape or
q horses hoof, and it is doubtless from that
that it derives the name. They consume 100
horse feet in three days. It would seem i'm
possible to furnish SO many, but the number
does not begin TO detail the extent OF the
catch. Millions Of them are annually fed TO
swine and poultry, and some men make
business Of catching them. On June 10th.
after storm, Capt. Downs, with trap OF
his own invention, caught 1000 "feet, and
between the 18th of June and April his ag-
gregate catch was 19, 900.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-08-22

1t is surprising how small is the number OF
shade trees necessary to produce a striking
effect. Ten or twelve trees, fortunately or
skillfully disposed on the sides or brow OF q
hill, are sriRcsent to give it an air OF richness
hsronsag perfectly with i,as highly {..me1s euts
house protects it and gives it an air of peace
and contentment. An unprotected solitary
house gives chilly, lonesome barren impress
sion. At this season of the year, when every
Intelligent farmer is making his plans for the
future, let the planting of few shade trees
in desirable spots about his premises be inclu-
ded in the work for the coming Spring.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-08-22
A Lonely Place-Sixty.l1ve Miles to the
Nearest House.
[From the Greeley (Colorado) Tribune.]

[From the Greeley (Colorado) Tribune]
A correspondent writes as follows: have
often heard people say of such and such a
place that they are so lonely, and the women
in particular have complained that they never
see anything, never 60 anywhere, and that
they might as we'll be dead. But what do you
think of this place for loneliness =? Altogether
there are six of us-one lady, quiet and young
-four employees, one most of the time, or
perhaps two or three away; often during the
day all gone, and when night comes each has
his special duty to perform and is out OF
sight, or is seen only for moment So the
sun goes down over the mountains, with
cedars on the north side, and one looks down
the narrow valley which opens little mile
or so to the north-looks along the wagon
road where only one track has been made
this year. as if some one were coming tired
and ready for warm supper, looks out
through the gap in the range as if four
horse team might be discovered in hurry to
make the five or six miles before dark; but
not soul is seen, nothing moves unless it be
Indian ponies, boy riding behind to seek
fresh range; and the sun slants its long
shadows by the desolate stockade and among
the four Indian houses, where supper IS
cooking over fire out doors. If there were
a neighbor five miles away. or ten or twenty
miles, it would be quite cheerful, and one
could ride over for visit once month and
receive one as often, but it is sixty-fve miles
to the nearest house, where, by the way, no
family is now living, the woman having gone
East because it was so lonely. The lady here
came two years ago; the one who left two
weeks ago had been here four years and had
never been out but once; but she got fash
ion paper once week, and how she felt
when she reached the railroad nobody will
probably ever know.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-08-22
MISS MARY CUSTlS LEE.
An American Lesson to an Italian Land.
lord.

A letter from Naples, to the Columbia Is.
Co. Register relates the following:
miss Mary Custis Lee, a daughter of Gen.
Robert E. Lee, arrived here few days ago,
in company with some lady friends from
Malta, who registered at the Hotel Royal des
Etrangers. 1t appears that during the night
of the 8th instant the mosquito-bar around
the bed ignited accidentally from candle
which Miss Lee had lighted. In few mo-
ments the flames spread and caught the cur
tains, and the room was soon envelOped in
flames, which Miss Lee heroically endeavor-
ed to suppress, but without success, and
fearing that the hotel might be burned, she
by some gentlemen who were occupying
rooms on the same floor, when ex-Judge
Samuel w. Melton and Mr.. w. A. Clark, of
Columbia, S. c., were the first who came to
the rescue of Miss Lee, and succeeded in saw
ing her money and valuable jewelry from
the flames.
''The morning following the fire Miss Lee
expressed her willingness to pay all damages,
though the fire had occurred from accident.
The proprietor. taking advantage of the lady,
demanded 1900 francs, which was pre-
posterous and enormous charge for the dam
age. A gentleman from Ohio, Mr. Poland,
guest of the hotel who has been vice-presi-
dent of an insurance company for number
of years, estimated the damage at $40. The
friends of Miss Lee at once demulred to this
enormous charge. The American consul,
MIR. Duncan, at this place, was exceedingly
kind, and protested against the payment of
any such sum. The proprietor now being
foiled in his disgraceful effort to overcharge
for damage occurring from mere accident,
became insolent and spoke in manner
which reflected upon Miss Lee. The insult
was quickly resented. Mr.. Clark, of Colum-
bia, S. c., struck him over the head with an
umbrella. In few moments the proprietor
was surrounded by number of Italians, who
were clerks, walters and attaches of the
hotel, but they were met by Judge Melton,
COL John T. Sloan, jr., Mr.. D. A. T. Jordan,
of South Carolina, and DR.. l. B. Roberts, of
Georgia, who by their courage and determine
ton caused them to stampede and Call for
the police. A large crowd soon assembled
about the hotel. The proprietor was de-
nounced by Col. Sloan for his conduct to-
ward Miss Lee, and challenged to 60 into the
garden and answer for the same with swords
or pistols. which the proprietor declined to
accept 1t would be we'll for all Americans
to avoid this hotel when coming to Naples. "
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-08-22

A nine-year-old boy has been sentenced by
the Courtof Valok to transportation to Siberia
for life, 'with loss of his civil rights" His
crime was matricide. His mother, widow,
lived shamelessly with lover, from whom
the child vainly strove to wean her affections:
Finally. one night he watched her till she had
fallen asleep, then killed her with his Ratchet,
deposited the body in a grave he had already
prepared, and after covering it up went and
told the neighbors what he had done and why
he bad done 1t.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-08-22
Some Facts About the Sun.

The sun is 100000 times as large as this
Ith.
The sun is 400 times as far off as the moon.
A lady who weighs 100 pounds here would
weigh 2,700 pounds if on the surface of the
sun.
The heat given by the sun would melt
287, ,200,0 600 cubic miles of ice every second.
The diameter of the earth bears the same
relation to its distance from the sun as the
breadth of hair to 125 feet. .
A railroad train travelling without stops at
the rate of forty miles an hour would get to
the sun in 263 years.
The sun is believed to become $50 feet
smaller every year. L
This contraction would be sufficient to gen.
crate the enormous quantity OF heat which it
radiates.
Another theory is that conets and meteoric
matter falling into the sun may be its aliment
to offset the tremendous loss which combus-
ton constantly involves.
The stars are supposed to average larger
than our SUD and to have planetary systems
like this.
The nearest fixed star is 25Q,000 times as
far off as our sun.
1t takes light eight minutes to come from
the sun, but it must have required $4,000
years to come from the farthest visible stars.
When the eleven year storms on the sun
occur, the magnetic needle on the earth is
variable and sometimes considerably de-
fected.
The earth is flying round the sun at the
rate of 1000 miles minute.
The sun and all the stars are moving
through space, accompanied by their plani-
tary systems; at a rate varying from 20 to
200 miles q second.
Some of the sun spots (cTaters) are 10o, 600
miles in diameter, and one of them would
easily swallow up the whole of the planets,
Jupiter himself only making mouthful.
Maedler's curious and brilliant speculation
is that the star Alcyone is the central sun OF
our universe, and that our sun and the visible
stars are swinging round it in orbits measur-
ed by millions of years.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-08-22
WHO KNOWS.

Why must we then be sad,
When nature is so glad I?
Not half can utterance all her JOY unfold,
Though she runs DER and DER
The strings tried long before,
To body forth the life that's never old.
Not for our sazes arrayed,
Though we would fain persuade
Our foolish hearts that she, in servant guise,
Spreads all her varied show
Before US as we 90.
To win approving glances from our eyes.
All, no! Though in broad glee
She laughs where all can see,
In leagues of dandelions all dewy wet,
All to herself she smiles
In far-Of ocean isles,
And in dim hooks in sky blue violet.
And though she dances still
Along the sheer brown hill
In scarlet glow of swinging columbine,
In gentian che smiles slow,
AS happy maid might 60
Who sings. II love him, and his heart is r1ine!o
She wants no added bliss,
No praise for this, or this;
Simply she is SO glad she cannot rest,
But still must evermOre,
In every way outpOur
The exceeding bliss th"' huoos.
And we ~ has she;
Can lOOF alas land we
s. out sadly at her innocent play;
Sdt out from Paradise
We see with other eyes:
~'s flaming sword has rent all wells away.
L. there then for US too
- 40 lifr forever new?
Or IS that life new but in-lying care,
TIL on his far-Off throne
Our God must hear alone
One cry of pain uprising everywhere?
Yet had it better been
We still had staid within,
Nor tasted food that lets us not forget?
God knows if it be So
The days 60 on below,
And overhead the stars, they rise, they SET.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-08-22

PRoF. LOCKER says: $50 far as uncon-
tested knowledge goes, thesun is chiefly made
of metal. and on this account is strangely diff
ferent from the crust Of our earth. in which
the metals are in large minority"