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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-03-13

and children expose them to especial
danger from fire. If the fire starts
from the bottom of the dress, the nat
ural upward tendency of the flame soon
envelOps the whole person, unless by
self-control and presence Of mind the
necessary care be taken by the sufferer,
or some one near, without a moments
hesitation. To obey the first impulse,
and open the doors and rush out, is sure
destruction. The only safety is to fall
down instantly on the floor and roll over
on to the fire, snatching a wooden shawl
or rug, if near, to wrap round the body.
One is comparatively safe by rolling
over and over, for the flames will not
rise to the face, and the lungs and
breathing will be less likely to be in
jured.
Those who may be in the room, or
may come in, have their work plainly
before them. Keep doors and windows
closed; snatch the first wooden thing to
be found-a table cover-without think
ing of the works of art on it. Pull it
off! Who cares where the 6rIc-a-6rac
rolls to? 1t is human life in danger.
Or snatch q wooden shawl from chair,
curtain or a rug; any thing but that
one human form is valuless. Wrap the
sufferer instantly in something wOOlen-
the coat from your back, if nothing else
offers-and thus closely wrapped roll
her on the floor in the folds. Scores of
lives have been saved in this way, scores
lost for want of such immediate action.
In case the house is on fire there
should be one captain" if possible,
who can lead the less self-possessed out
of the burning building. Every door,
window or aperture through which air
can find entrance should be closely shut,
except during egress.
There are always eight or ten inches
of pure air close to the floor, and if one
can not walk erect through the smoke
he should, as soon as enveloped in some
wooden article, drop on the floor on the
hands and knees and crawl out. A silk
handkerchief, or piece of flannel or
wooden stocking, wet and put over the
face, will enable one to breathe
in dense smoke. If hedged
in by flame, so that escape up or down
stairs is cut off, collect all the inmates
of the house in a front room, keeping
every door and window closed-for
smoke will follow draught, and fire at
once follows smoke-tie as many sheets
together as will reach the ground, fasten
the end of the first sheet to some heavy
article in the room near the window that
is nearest the street and fasten the last
sheet securely to the waist of the
youngest in the room. Thus one after
another may be saved, the last letting
himself or herself-for a woman may
manage this-down the same way. The
sheet should be taken Oh the bias from
one end to the other, to give greater
elasticity and greater length and for
ease of fastening.
One can hardly be placed in any posi-
ton of danger so terrible as when so
far at the mercy of the flames that ones
own courage and self-possession appear
to be the only mortal help, and nowhere
else can one so fully realize the import
ance of the presence of mind which we
have been thus drawn to advocate
Mrs. II. W. Beecher, IN the Christian
Union.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-03-13

A FRENCH chemist asserts that II tea
be ground like coffee, Immediately be-
fore hot water is poured upon IT, us
exhilarating qualities viii be doubled.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-02-14
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10
E0CHk EREFfTEES.

IT., ,.,,
tVIseI Sai,e loaoJas'et 10 VIII neot te
''sN, d, 'no GU cps'ne mouse.
. aIy 81 inc upper eod OIL I1lnco street Sent ser
go fs o,no u Jay variety OF most pcauIili
0ou ',"s.so' ioscS.
~ dreoeiog Ii chloe was ei wGik this nom
leg ceepeo'rg tie f1tomsc Ferry Company
r.. ~
81 haiy no a. tehchtr OF Columbia scteo
d! hr'pei0o, was presented with gold breast
pla "a oit'hday GIN ty the pupils q her chou
last week.
INC steamer Mystic. which has been under
ho.as repairs az INC snip SIEo l1r several week:
p ,n,; WAS i!uoc"eu Ire" inc "'ys 'here TINS
V -,
wa i4ca L1dWg. workman at the foundry
u .Ge virginia hiu'sod railroad, had his loot
Daoly burned a! that establishment yesterday
evening by some molten iron getting into hi:
shoe.
Amono The e h ri, ;ro3 bor, - 40, h., NJ,
q T. P,;oo ,, mo- - oo.,; no ~ usy ny ul'
~ i,oo Teo oopesuneut vi taiof',
sFeu h spa ctoEefs, l5esh from the waters
OF the Lower fotomao. and which be will have
'oi sa'0 d. LIS oepoh' 10 Market 10 MORROW.
Governor Hamilton, OF Maryland, has reap-
pointed w. s. Chies captain CT the police sloop
kstie Hines. Canta;n i,hics is m .So Ion,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10

fRATERNAL VISIT -AJ ,ut thirty mombrrs
OF u len L'2ht Lrise OF Good TsmI lrs of
MS cry, pad q iracrnaI visit (, ULmap,s
10 tSn, OF the S.ac q der. ct Wa. hinpto., lasi
n!Raf, nnd The VISITORS report that dizzy had n
~ $ G'J gable Tim. &pc,p cs of pccome
"rr' msde tv s"vsral mrn,hv,a OF tho WASH
Iretoo l.n ip". nnd rtth.d to by members Of
Golden Limit Loje". Il Ircshmsos wer, IN %
SEW d, Il or Hh!c' tho rrmln Ter If lt,o cxou-
iHs w'S spent in nsiog ana, c,hcz s,,ui amu4c.
N"p'S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10

Police COURT. Mayor Smith prcsldog..-
j c>son Beach, cruelty 10 a horse OF which he
va I've driver, SO and costs; Lue Blackburn
q " He Summers, both colored, tehtlog at
iy't'val 1T colored Odd Fellows Hall. last
n rh', = Ct CHI; Frank Foster. colored. for an
IAttc>Lt ssf ualt on colored girl thirteen years
o. mt b to tho grand jury of tho Corporation
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10

FUNERAL or Dr. IIATL.-The funeral OF The
"a ID. John g. Hall, who died in Washlog-
tea Tuesday last took plac, this morning from
tie Eoptauy Church, in that city. Tho de-
@, SD was SOD of VIM. j. Hall. esq. Of this
cl y, aud was boru here 10 January. 1905. lie
WIS educated at Caruahan's school in Georges
tcwp, ID. g.. and at efferson College, Pennsgl'
y,.nIs, where he graduated A. B. in 1922
L studied medicine at the University CT Penn.
), vaDIa graduating NJ. d. in 1877, and settled
II Nasbiplton year after. lie was one OF the
st prominent citizens Of the District CT Co.,,
nnb,a, as we'll as one of the most distinguished
physicians in this section of the country, haVloR
amended nearly all the Presidents during bis
Itfgrracticc.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10

SALE oE A FARM Thomas Moore, oymu i.
sl1ntr, yesterday, o;Dc'uir! tho eaIu Of the
ierS, of VIM. Ayro, in Foisfax c,un.y, contain
'2s l'2 ncies tJr loco cash, t. Mr.. Dussy,
oi C::!orni: We UNDERSTAND lLg. Dorsey
:nkond. en.sginG 10 the sheen raisins hu .innss
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10

IN iErGILaHr iR EAT-l;'o yes crd.,
- ''iaE. last a HE ish rs AL Xa:s y cnt :nel
d.Hi 20 tn gus Ell IN i u Gp;v wsrep r IN
A." .;5"'rcu:H ce0iury "'rc Graai.c 10 close,
lGr: 20 al oir r.G3r ilG:G ~ &c 81 relish fyr
'n"h f2tacra " etc Yard. tiicrn arrived st
.ri ON % ram Hlr iio5rg Brc0g!e's cs.a5!isk-
II.n', 80. l23 k'ng :trrc', tV:O ivctz!7s CT es
GOOD e. cream (ylH,lIa I'D s'rawrcr1yl 10,
c)Iapant:i b? rru:t and i,Ijy ct-c n great
t5u&C!rc'. IS cg"r "2ra ms ,u!aC uCG. All
:0'-. ioSa,:rr viii friends ale TO their fill,
I'd uraY :; - ;hs comn'icnou's 5i to Mr.
i. Ski a. {. ;naau! c.ur:r OF ice t:eam, S.kes.
csnt,r.l5ncrY. <, The $50 cream, end in fact
every th;ug Els, furnished !ic!u this cs!abl sh
cn, mss ;Cg over quarter Ct q century cri1y-
oil Grta,srapu alton i3r uuf6rtnitv OF Il la!ity,
a. MIR. HrcGglu's house iIGs long been regard.
&c as 20 Institution iG Alexandria. Many who
ar COW TCn ard E1men en- recall to mind
the DAYS "hcn they were sent there. ~ their
Hsr"uis, Cor those uG,.Gailod PES. which Wcrc
Always sGoaiag upon liz equator ct noon DAY;
AMI th!5 specially IL sill! kept Up, tho a3ai'.-
no92E aoic,iorsii#E,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10
COMM RCIAL.

ALEXANDRIA MARKET, June 10 lSoJ-1he
offerings Of G,sin on Change 10 day were light,
and pr''s were trmcr FItur is quiet sDd I'm.
char god. There were 10 offerings oc Ian.
cas!cr Wheat to-day, end small lots Of Fuliz
sod st l22 and l:%. Corn is scsit, ard wanted,
and small loj' OF white brought 30. No Rye or
Oats reported. Country produce a. last quota
tOnn
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10

kEtr CooL.-REFRIGERATOR WATER
,""l EhS and leg CHESTS can BIO found at
'IA"$Hrl rs, corner of King and Columbus
r.ci
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10


t,;oM2icT, statioolry Or higher temperance,
Unable winds mostly southcrly, partly clondu
g.. eicu:y weather with occasional rain,
Sun FIRE COMPANY MEETlNG-THE PROP
oSITloE OF TIE CITY Council REJFcreD -
The mactlng of the Sun Fire COMPANY. mr.
>I.nt TO adj ouyEmeat. last night was largely at.
rnded.
Hugh Latham, president Ct the COMPANY.
C,clpied the chair, with WI Jam ii, Markell
s.CrCtaTy.
Tie clair st'to2 tiat the moctiog had bocp
,a!-t TO consider tho proposition c! the Civ
u@c.!, AID read nc resolution sdcptcd "
Tat body, ottorlns 10 pay to tho company The
slm o. 500. up0o c)aGl.i0n thas tho house
.JE otclp'Gd by The company be tuTncd over
70 tic ciy.
I. Travis 'aovad that the proposition of the
jl'y G'uIH b, accepted aad hat tie So 90 be
.uracd oVcr o the Alexandra lGfrmary
l. ms inotIoD was IGS, and motion by John
ra7Is hat tic Company DO not acc mt the
i7'pCS ton was 3dcp;cd.
II; y George Duffy said no cllI not soe
5fg rn2:o yes 80 mrca opposition to the Sun
&.@0ang. ard asked who wss responsible fer
&. J II cjmpiEY, hc said. had been 10 cxis-
j8Cc3 t1r ever iiuodfc2 years and no orgeni-
Fi'3 had done more tCr tho rrottc;ioa OF
"ropaF;3 tnnn tao Sun Fro Compsag, BIZ: 10
Ms resent clnGltlon, crippled end wi,hout hos,,
:, Us u';t' > to try 20 keep up tho CrgpniZ,
t1n any 5ngcr. Ihc Gle cn.ino htu:c and
ASH cn the cjIn4r &5G7" Cos ihc COMPANY over
5000, Ga! tho meme? had been subscribed b.?
l"c msla5oi@ JOHN !. johnson ard Il. $.
,.'oa..2<, tno ,reAi iant ana vice president at
l..v M. FAD contributed $40 cech and teV Ct
." 'adIv''iua: Encmh2:s gaGe less than s. CT
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10
LOCAL MATTERS.

HEATHsa PROBABILITIES. June 10, lSSO.-
FoF ta1 AIdGlo Atlantic States stationary
's;omoicr, stationary Or higher Temperatures
'.i.o!2 "i1ds mostly southcrIy, partly cloudy
u eiou>y weather with occasional rain,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10
PORT OF ALEXANDRIA. JUNE 10, 1880.

PORT OF ALEXANDRIA. j U N T. 10, 1880
Sun rises..""-..... 4 90 Sun sets-.......... 7 81
ARRIVED.
SLnp Prrkionon, Philadelphia, 10 Am srican
Cosl 90.
schr John Bird, Wlnd,or. N s, plaster, 20
Herbert Bryant.
Schrs MARY Vnhdiver, Vhg,niA Dsre. and
Federal Hitl, HsVre de- Grace, coal. to Z j Me-
hsGey & Co.
CLEARED.
Str " Thompson, lower Porc. by A Reed.
Str hattAno, lower Potc by j Broders Il Co,
PASSED UP.
Schra Lruuel t, all, for Geor getown
schr li,rb,, on hickman, tor Washington.
PASSED DOWN.
Sclts C.r,e Holmes and j Ricardo Java,
from Geori etOwn.
MEMORANDA.
S:chr VIII lam Miller, from Georgetown. al
Norfolk n.
Scnr IVA Smith, from Georgetown, at Prov
idence Slh.
TROWN NJ isHINA LEMONS for sale BY
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10

E1OR HENT-The THREE STORY BRICK
l. HOUSE. No 50 north Fairfax St Has all
the modern improvements. inclu ling b..hroom
gas, cooking range and paror hsltot.
feb 7-tf +. Il. CORBETT.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10

QUEENSTOWN CATTLE MARKET. June o.
272 head Of cattle were offered ard sold fou
osds of very fine st. Louis cattle sold at 3 25
IS ID per 1C0 lbs; Virginia cattle sold s.. Asst
per 10. Bes! on sale s 25.S5 20; fair to goo
75sS5; medium 87s$4 20; ordinary dash 2:
bulls and cows 2ia%tc. 400 sheen and lamb
sol! IL 3ta4l2 for Old sheep. and 5!.G1c fu
ants. Lambs brek.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10
FOk SALE lsh EEnT

ENOR RENT-The comfortable THK;d
l. STORY BRICK DWELLING. with ~,
the modern inpsogem ant,. g,s watsr, &c, No
81 norm Fit street., b1twsoa = .sn AMI Gam " t..
on, WI! bo rented TO good ton an. on reason able
terms. Apply 10
THOMAS LANNON,
my1-lm 1Ol cor. Pitt and Cam.ron sts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10


ants. Lambs briek.
BALTIMORE. Jure lU.-Virginis G. old %; 60
deferred 6; Go ronsols 5Ci; do I'd series q!
pas. due coup Oh asked; new 10 40s 41 u ~
coup 95 bid to-dsy. Cotton quiet; Iniddling
III. Flour dull and unchanged. Whest-
Southern lower Western lower snd weak
Southern red l2Jal28; do amber l2Sal30 No ]
Maryland u.s. MOI Western winter red spot
1874 Juno l:C14l27; July ll3tsll4i; Aug ll0i
sill; Sept ilt3slll. Corn-ScuLhern steady
We.tern lower ADD weak; Southern whi,s -
do yellow L63; Western mix'd spot 5ls5l4
June iCs ,504; July 49ie42S; steamer 4P3 Oats
dull Southern lis4i; Western white 42a43; do
mixed 4l,I!; repnH 4!slS. Bye Gull at 81.
bay unchanged. Coffee quiet; Rio cargoes or.
binary to prime 1f3sl5i. Sugar firm; A soft 9s
" hskey quiet at llsSl Ia.
NEW YORK June lU.-Stocks strong. Money
3s3I. flour dull and unchanged. Wheat dull
and lower. Corn dull snd lower
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10

EKUlT JARo-First isetalm snt of the cele.
T. brEted GEM. Mason Improved, and Ma.
CONS Porcelain lined Frui! ars, pint, quart and
halt gallon, just received and for sale low by The
dozen or gross by K J. MILLEK & 90,
my25 6 King street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10

NRO WN NJ isSINA LhMONS for sale by
~ my.9 j. I. MlLbuRNs
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10

DAT TRAPS Raj TkAPSI We have
80 just receivs1 a 1t Of Wiihiss's N oise ess
Self-Setting bot and Mtu3o Traps Call and
examine. MCLEAN 8 UALEK
mg3 Is King straat
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-10

gANNEY'5 PALACE SODA FOUNTAINS
g No havo now On DRAFT st our BRANCH
SrUi;h, corEer King and Royal stroets, ICE
CUnU SODA WATER, with choice Fruit AND
Cream S7rups; also rich. Jel,zer Deep Rock
Bedford Springs (Ps) and Bedford Spring.
(Vr) Alum and Iron Waters, all at FIVE
GNh,TS per glass. JANNEY & CO,
Druggists, Branch Store
myln cor King ard Royal sts
NJ < = Ice.
viii ciuso GU. in the next live days, at priyste
sale, low f = cash my STOCK OF GOODS and
STORE FIXTURES, w: Scales, Weights,
Meesu1os, BINS. Counters, &C; slso one family
CARRIAGE snd HARNESS.
s. j. REED,
ieA-lw 40. r.. tn Fairfax street
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-11-03

I of 1t a minute. You've had your fun, yor
know; but it won't do to go too far. I'm
a justice of the peace and this innocent
little racket comes under the head o
! malicious mischief You could all be
sent to Jail and no matter how badly I'd
feel, | d have to act under the law. There's
where it is, you see people are so hard on
boys they won't let them enjoy themselves.
It's too bad; but never mind, we've had
our fun anyway. Now let's get to work
in earnest. Here, we'll begin with this
gate. Lift it up there, jim; hold on the
other side, Bobby, my boy. Now we have
it.-all together"
And as true as you live, we actually
found ourselves walking along with the
gate between US. From that gate we went
to another and another. | don't know
how it was, but we Just plodded along,
and did what Pop said. He was laughing
and Joking and fourishing his cane; but
OH how tired we were! How our hands
and our feet and our hearts ached, and
how sickening it all was The most sick
enng of anything was to hear Pop laugh
and carry on all the time, as if this was
the cream of the joke. tell you, we were
all mad enough; and when we got to old
Jake Van Couter's we just rebelled. We
all hated Jake, anyhow; and Tom Jones
he stood right out in the road, and said
Jake was mean old curmndgeon; and
then Pop got hold of Tom before he knew
1t, and down came his cane with whack.
Now, boys" says Pop, fun fun, and
m as fond of it as anybody, but | dom
see any use of spelling good time in
this kind of way. Jake couldn't put that
my heart to hear hard words against the
poor old man. He's bent double with
rheumatism, he's old and he's poor and
he's no subject for your fun. Take a
fellow like me if you want fun. l don't
mind it. Do what you like to me, but
spare old Jake"
Well, we just looked at one another in
mute disgust, but we didn't care to dis
pute any further with Pop. We plunked
along that nasty old freezing road, and we
yanked Uncle Jake's gate out of the mud,
and carried it half a mile, our nails hang
ing off, and tears of rage and mortitica-
ion rolling down our cheeks, with Pop
laughing all the while like good one,
leClilllS lHdI ue ulllu I SeC HOW dnJoOuJ
could be so hard on boys; they would
have their fun, and for his part he thought
it did them good, and it took him back to
his youth again; he hadn't had such a
spree for many year.
We groaned and looked at each other,
and each of us dropped off silently and
gloomily at our separate doors. A whole
month has gone by without proposition
for fun of any kind, and I'll leave it to
anybody if it amt enough to disgust a
fellow to have Pop winking at nae behind
his hand, and telling me to count him in
for the next racket.-Harper's Young Peo-
pEe.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-11-03

A FIGHT WITH A WHALE-Lord Archi-
bald Campbell sends to the Edinburgh
Scotsman the following account of battle
of which he was witness, between a
thrasler, sword-ish and whale off Belle
isle. on Sept. 7. His lordship, who was
passenger on board the Peruvian, writes:
" When fairly outside Beleisle island,
with icebergs of no great size on either
bow, and fairly in the Arctic current and
the Teutonia on our starboard bow, the
first officer told me he had seep twice
large thrasher fish leap clean out of the
water not far from our bows. We kept a
close watch near about where he had last
seen the fish; nor had we long to wait,
and for the next ten minutes to quarter
of an hour we watched most tremendous
fight between this fish and large whale
which, evidently attacked also from below
by sword-tish, was Intellectually trying to
sound and do all in its mighty power to
get away, but there was no escape. The
thrasher, an enormous fish-reckoned by
the first officer and head engineer at thirty
feet in length-kept continually lashing
the whale with its powerful tail, and, as if
not satisfied that these stunning blows had
| told threw itself in the air with enor-
nous leaps, landing on the whale with the
most resounding whacks' The sublime
and the ludicrous were strangely blended
in these attacks. The passengers and crew
were all gathered at the bulwarks, fiasci-
mated by the gigantic fight. The whale
turned in its agony almost belly upper
most, casting itself about in all directions,
but there was no escape 1t never got
deep below the surface, which was churn-
ed by its mighty efforts into a seething
mass of foam. The combatants went right
in the teeth of the wind and sea then run
ming. We saw the whale in a regular
furry" often, and when our straining
eyes last saw them, they were as hard at
it as ever, and it was the opinion of mos
on board that the whale was fast sickening
The whole of the under part of the whale
was white. From the tips of the tail to
the jaw it was as if painted pure white, a
leaden color above. There were many on
board who had sailed the Atlantic for up
ward of thirty years, but had never seer
such a fight. 1t took place, so to speak
close to both vessels, the fight raging be
Tween our ship and the Teutonia,"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-11-03

A sprightly writer in a contemporary
asks, why every service should end with
the same benedction We propose to an
swer: In prayer the minister is speaking
to God in the peoples name and may
rightly use his own words whereas in pro-
nouncing Il benedction he is speaking to
the people in the name of God, and had
better therefore use Gods words. 2. If
he wants variety let him select at pleasure
from the Scripture examples, yet the full
ness, the weight and the impressiveness oi
the one given in the last verse of II CORN
thians Justly entitle it to the general pre-.
yalence it has attained. 3. Not one min
| ister in hundred can make good bene
dicton. All the attempts we have evei
heard have been wretched failures. A. A
short formula like this loses nothing b,
incessant repetition. We know persons
who have heard the Apostolic benedictiol
every Lords day for fifty years, yet still
enjoy it when it is pronounced AS it is writ
ven and with due solemnity and reference.