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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-04
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FOREIGN NEWS.

Mrs. Willis is to bs tried 10 London fer oh
tanning swelry under spi,itualis.io prcterses.
A dispaci from Sa!oDic, saya The harves! in
Macedonia hts 50 entirely failed that wheat Is
coming from America.
Prize, Bismsrck is reported as believing bal
no de6uite action will be taken coroerpiug East.
erp affairs until May next, when the Porte vii
DO compelled to submit to the wishes Of Europe
q, Advioes from Buenos Ayres say: The gov
ernnent is trying to start British colony on
the Rio Negro. President Rocs offers gran;
of land free fer 1000 Irish emigrsnts."
Judgment has been deferred 10 the case
brought in the exchequer division by the attor.
pey general, in London, against the Edison
Telephone Company. to compel the defendants
10 take out license. on the ground that the
telephone is an Infringement of the govern
ment's monopoly in regard to telegraphe.
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Amer. Coal Co., J. Il. Parrot IT,, :. e.. s..
J. p. Agnew & Co....................,...... -.
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HEADQUARTERS FOR BLsCE c.
hXRES

Blsck GJoda q Specisty.
We have just received and oIsr Tho b.. Z!
Ct Black French CashmoIcs va have -
brought TO this market. Tfe5o gooda .rt 9. :
best makes and known reputation, and 80 ".
rant every piece; also full ling Of Blsci o.
nero SnaRls. superior qualify and very cac.
u. +. BHASHEAH: .
oct6 10 King st hloxaE9T!,, >
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COMMERCIAL.

ALEXANDRIA MARKET. Dcc3u.ba,i IL.
Flour is s!eady aud firm. Tho receipts f VIZ.
have increased, and prices sra fir; =, -.
offerings of 1924 bushels and sales a. - =.
lib, ll5 and ZIG for Fu!tz. s2d L., rs sal
with good receipts. and sales o. 2j0 bu,r''..'
80 and 80 for new white sri IT tr- o,3 -.
About 100 bushels Of Rye sod a. .! AZ, q; =.
the offerings CT Oats were left Cv.7. '"'
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CANAL COMMERCE.

Arrived-Boats RI Snow and y hirs- Z
American Coal Go; & s French 10 - 4 &N..:
DepsrteC- Il Soow and l. haa:G.
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a FACT.
III % W y q NE
ZOE GRE 4 III

ICE OR E 4. M
Tts celebrated Ice Cream is maja f-au. go
York &C. cream, ard is slwsy. r;co, delicious g.
reliable. 81 70 8 gal; 5 sa!, or more 81 <.
Shipped 10 sry IolI.. De%ot llUi l2.h = :, .
Washington, .. =. ict3-%'
NEW GOODS IN TIE H&BDWA~
~ LINE at So King. corner Of Royal i-.r
Just received, the TEAkGREird, iJc b.
proving Boe!staat; j, Fever fake u lus&4 .
toughest ttesk tender ell thc wsy through
Also the self setting IEl. CS!ON j. ~ -.
some.hing now; cali ard examine
Moth Proof end PIx:n Cnrpo. Felt, M..E
Tacks, Tack ClawE, Carpet liam nere, CIR
Stretchers, Whic-ws;h, Busting and Sc
The Windsor Scale for snlo cheap.
ape20 D. q. GERIAErOT. {, SO -.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE

Str Mystic. 10 wer Pe.'c. to Pete Ferrg c.
Schr ID Il Devei!y, ROstcn, = :! ,ilt:4r
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STEEL BARB FENCING WIRE A. =
- HTAPLBS-Just received ct Is King 8.
corner of Royal, Aexsndria, We, tup?ly
BURNELLS PATENT FOUR PQIA II"
BARB WIRE for fencing, made of zee! DIR. .
from The ore, and running Is feet to the p1Iai !
also Staples for use with same, 'uaning .? - -
pound. Please call sod examine at s. Flag e.
on the corner Of Royal street Whol9sA.e ;, :
retail ct low prices. ....
sen1O j. T. CREIGHTON & So
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NJ OTICR-GARDEN SEED-PcrooEs o.
IN string Garden Seed from d. NJ. te'iy :.
Co. or Hiram Sibley & Co. can procure nom ~
leaving their orders with ,,,r,.,
fsh4 IS H!Eg s'rea.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-29
Talk over what yeu Read.

Nearly forty years experience a' a
teacher has shown me how little !
truly know Of subject until ! hogan
to explain II or teach It, Let any
young person Try tho experiment OF
giving IN conversation briefly aud
conneoledly, and In the simplest Ian
guage, the chief points Of any book
or article he has read, aud he will at
once sec what l mean, The gaps that
arc likely to appear In the knowledge
that he felt was his own will no doubt
be very surprising, l know OF no
training superior TO this IN utilizing
ones reading, In strengthening the
memory, aud in forming hsbIis Of
clear, connected statement 1t Will
doubtless teach other things than
those have mentioned, which the
persons who honestly make 'lic espef'
iment will find out for themselves.
Children who read can be encouraged
to give, In a familiar way, the inter-
csting parts of the books thoy have
read, with grca. advantage TO all con
ccrned, More than one youth know
has laid tho foundation OF intellectual
tastes in a New England family,
where hearty encouragement was CIV
en- to children and adults In their at.
tenpts to sketch the lectures they
have heard tho evening previous. The
same thiag was done with books
fChrislian Union.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-29
Don't Expect Perfection

Some people must have Salky spells
must DO snappish At times others
find |. necessary to their existence TO
DO woe begoue over nothing, every
now aud then. They are TO be pitied
for these thugs, AZ II they had tho
sick headache or toothachc, They
got over them if they arc left alone,
and come out bright and pleasant
again, unless they are those most
wretched creatures who are always
out OF sorts, and who are not likely to
be loved at all. It ia the young man
who marries the angel without wings,
and the girl who believes her chosen
husband to superhuman-and to con-
duct accordingly Poor man), who
arc the soonest disenchanted. You
must not expect more perfection OF
your husband, In the long run, than
you do Of your grandmother, and your
wife is as likely to have her failings as
your maiden aunt. The chief point is
to love so we'll that :your heart will,
open itself anu take in faults aud all
and then soothed by the tenderness OF
affection, healed by sympathy kissed
by forgiveness, many Of them may die
out, or turn--as mans faults easily
caI--into virtues.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-29

A FAMOUS PAiR.-Mr. Ashmead.
Bartlett is a virtuous man, and in his
case has not virtue proved its rich re.
wardi / saw the young eA.American
and his dn,cinea driving together a
few days ago. What a contrast!
lie, n fresh, blooming youth of eight
and-twenty, erect, gay, the full sap of
life bounding through his veins, at.
tested by his sparkling eye, his peacby
check, and his ruby lips; she, shriv-
eled into decrepitude; dressed sensi-
bly,, as befts her age, in a black poke
bonnet, beside whose sombre lack OF
style the head.gear Of some Quaker
ess is gay and extravagant in form
and color; her shoulders enwrapped
in u dark, woolen shawl. Who would
think, to look at her, that Boudett.
Coutts is the mass of money she isl
She is the fairy god.mother, and this
sharp young fellow has been like the
GIRL at the fountain, clever enough TO
speak to her in such way that she
tapped him with her wand and de-
creed that diamonds and rubies shall
henceforth fall from his lips.-[Olive
Logan.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-29
The Dark Side Of Things.

Some people will persist in taking a
gloomy view OF everything. There
is u man OF that kind living In this
town. A neighbor happened to drop
10 to see him the other day, and found
everybody lively except the head OF
the family.
"How are you all coming on =
"We are all tolerable, except Bob.
He is laughing and joking because he
is going fishing. l just know he is
going 10 come home drowned. or
bowling with u fsh-hook sticking in
him somewhere y
"Well, the rest seem to he cheerr
full T.
"Yes-sorter. Jemimy is jumping
and skipping about because she is
going to a candy.pull but ! know
something will happen to her Tread
ofa girl in Philadelphia, only last
year, who was coming homo from a
candy.pulling, when drunken man
threw his wife out OF window and
killed her."
"Killed who 7"
Jemimy?"
"Why no There she is"
"Well, it lmight have been her if
she had been on the pavement below
where the woman fell "
swell, you are looking healthy"
"Yes l feel just like the man did
who dropped dead in New York last
week from heart disease. lie was in
high spirits and had a good appetite
and them's just my symptoms y
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-29

Dr.. Arthur Mitchell defines clvilza.
ton as a sort of bond or compact TO
defeat the action OF natural selection,
and tho degree of success attained in
the struggle is the measure Of clvillz,
alton reached in each case; and he
holds that it is just as probable
that the savages are degraded forms
of humanity as that the civilized man
is an elevated form. His recent trea.
ties, entitled The Past in the .Pres.
ent," has created quite a flutter
among the g'acid disciples OF the
Darwining school of authropologists.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-29
A Forver's Wanderlngs.

The report that Ezra d, Winslow,
the absconding forger, Ia living at
Buenos Ayes, has been confirmed
and ~ he 80 narrowly escaped the
clutches of the cxtradliion law 10 Lon
don, England, he Is likely TO remain
In his present abiding place. between
which country aud the United States
there IL no extradition treaty Wins
lows steps have been traced from the
time hc left London, AID II IL known
that he went directly to Bnenos
Ayres In that place he is editor OF
the Baenos Ayres Herald, aud has
assumed the name Of Daniel Warren
Lowe, The report that he had taken
an active part in DR.. Tompson's
American Church is confirmed, and
also the iact that he taught n Sunday
school class there. Since II became
known in Buenos Ayrcs that he was
an escaped iorger he has been expelled
from the church, and Americans have
turned the "co.d shoulder to him
He early took up his lodgings with
a,Mrs Clark aud her daughter, girl
sixteen. In November last Mrs. Clark
and her daughter went to England,
and Winslow followed them and
was married to Miss Clark in London,
The bridal party remained in the
English capital tour days only and
then returned to Buenos Ayres Prl'
yate Detective Dearborn, who has
been active in the case ever since
Winslow fed from Boston. has shown
photographs Of Winslow to two dli'
ferent parties who have recently come
to Boston from Buenos Ayres, and
each of them at once recognized il as
the portrait OF Mr.. Daniel Warren
Lowe, whom they knew. The story
of the exile's former career has been
pretty well ventilated in Baenos
Ayres now, and much severe COM
ment on his marrying Miss Clark under
all the circumstances, and knowing
that Mrs. Winslow the first is still
living. Miss Boyd, n former school
teacher in East Boston, who has
been teacher in Buenos Ayres. and
has lately returned says she was in
troduced to and recognized Winslow
when he first reached the latter place.
They had y talk, in which he inquired
where she camo from, and told her he
had formerly lived in Boston, and
proceeded to inquire after many per-
sons whom she knew as his acquain-
tances. After this talk Winslow
avoided further conversation with her,
evidently fearing disclosure of his
identity.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-29
How to Keep n Husband at Home.

Julia" writes US long letter ask
ing no w she can keep her huscand at
home nights. She says she has done
everything she can think of to please
him, but he will insist on leaving her
alone each evening. We fear Julia
doesn't make her husbands home
pleasant for him, or he would certain
ly not go away. Now, Julia, you go
down town to-day and buy a keg OF
beer, placing it in one corner OF the
dining room. Strew sawdust over
the floor, and put half a dozen coarse,
wooden boxes about the room tor
spittoons. Hang sheet across one
end of the room, invite half dozen
of your husbands male friends to
spend the evening. Then, Julia, you
and your servant dress yourselves up
in long stockings and night dresses
and when your friends have assembled
with their cigars pull aside the sheet
you have previously hung up and
skip from one side of the room to the
other on the tips OF your toes, singing
''Tra.la-la.le !" aud jumping as high
as you can at every third step. This
will prove highly interesting exer-
else for yourself and servant, and pre-
vent your husband from s:raying
away. ltyour husbands male friends
are married, invite their wives to
assist you in the evenings entertain
ment. II this doesn't keep him at
home evenings, you'd better trade
him of for a yellow dog, and keep the
dog chained up.-lOil City Derrick.
Republicans wear long faces.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-29

THE DowN GRADE.-Two years
since, three young EoglishueD, broth
ers, climbed Mount Blanc to the sum-
nit without guide. On their re-
tnrn over the frozen snow-tied to
each other, SO that if one Slipped the
other might hold him-the foremost
slipped dragged the Others down with
him. They slid gently and scarcely
unpleasantly, but with an everlasting
speed, till suddenly they went over
the precipice Of twenty or thirty feet,
at the foot of which Que lay dead and
the other two insensible. If the
locomotive be climbing the steep up
grade of the Pennsylvania road over
the Alleghanies and loose steam, or
insufficient power for the long train
behind, so that just before reaching
the summit, 1t first comes to stand,
and then begins slowly to recede, it
needs no prophet TO foretell the result.
The passengers who would not be
dashed to atoms with the train. must
leap from it, as soon as it takes the
down grade. A moments delay, and
it is death, whether one leaps or re-
mains. There is a down grade in
lite, and wretched is the fate Of those
who have descended. Gay society,
late hours, increasing expenses, dis
taste tor all that is serious, growing
fondness for excitement, the fashion,
able wine cup, the theatre, the ball
room. crime, disgrace, open shame,
ruin such is the grade. Warnings
are met with derision. They know
not what they are about. The grade
il o little down that is true, just
enough TO make motion easy and
pleasant. When the speed increases
they will jump Of upon the grass.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-29

The BRANDON FROZEN WELE-This
famous curiosity-the work Of man.
played upon freak Of nature--was
dug in November, 1858. First was
10 feet of gravel, then 4 feet Of clay,
then deposit of ~ or Is feet OF
frozen gravel then about 2ft. of gravel
not frozen when water was struck.
and the well was dug to the depth OF
about IS feet. The water is about
2 feet deep-never more nor less.
The ice was out through July 2Sth.
and found to be 8 inches thick.
There is ice on the wall some or 8
feet from the water.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-29

Soon the speed shows Imminent dan
ger, and friends ey out In alarm
Bat they smile back II Is not yet
perllous, only exciting, and there Is Q
charm 10 excitement, 10 they ae'
tho madman, until the devils train u
terrific aud the bottcmless pit directly
ahead, where they look on boll
sides for soft grass on which TO aprng'
bat there Is only a wall Of rock and
IN moment the crash comes
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-29

Mr.. Redundancy has noticed -
That the boy who is most afraid of
the girls is the first to be corralled in
matrimony. That the little boys pre-
fer boys to girls. That they soon
change, never to 60 back to their
early love. That the little girls love
the girls best. That they don't get
over their preference SO soon as the
boys do, some of them never. That
woman love the men because they
love everything they have to take
cat. vi. That men love women be
cause they cant help it. That the
wife loves her husband 80 we'll that
she has no thoughts for other men.
That the husband so loves his wife
that he loves all women tor he: sake.
That girls who have given over all
hopes Of matrimony, or who never
had any, love to tiirt with married
men. That the married man is apt
to think himself all-killing among the
fair sex, simply because one woman
was fool enough to marry him. That
homely husbands are the best; they
never forget the compliment paid
them by their wives in accepting
them. That homely wives are the
truest; they know how to make the
most Of what they have. Lightning
seldom strikes in the same place and
homely woman feels that similar
law governs question popping. That
the woman who marries does well.
That the woman who does not marry
does better nine times out OF ten.
That tho fellow who makes the most
conquests has the least time to brag.
That the man who thinks the girls
are all in love with him is happy.af-
ter his wsy. That the man who loves
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-29
Tho Season OF Falrs.

| ~ there were no pcttcf icanohn ipi
cherishing the agriculturlsts Of New
England than tho fact that they pro-
duoe the yearly festivals In honor Of
Ceres, Pomona and other gentle pa
irons of the soil, that would still be
sufficient. They signallze the rlpeness
of the harvest, the mellowness Of the
year. They declare the kind bounty
OF earth and It's friendly relations 10
man. They present Ia cheering pro.
fusion tho tempting evidence ofpro'
gress in a fundamental department Of
human industry, Everything speaks
Of prosperity. Fatness Is the fact
that is impressed most iorcibly upon
tho minds Of observers, though there
is no painful sense OF grossness ac'
companying. Science and art, or
perhaps moro home'y skill, comes In.
to the arena Of peaceful competition,
and the rivalry is refreshing TO all
But the country tair Is worth quito as
mnch by reason Of It's social orpor.
tunities as because II stimulates the
farmer, the artisan and the manuiac-
turer to do'their best work and make
the largest possible progress. The
farmers life Is mono too varied under
the most favorable conditions. His
sccia! intercourse is necessarily limited
at home, and farm work is always so
pressing that he rarely has tho time
or the social enterprise TO attempt its
enlargement in the way that people in
some other callings do. He seldom
travels, and when he does it is at a
disadvantage. What Is true of the
head Of the family is quite as opt to
be true Of its other members. His
wife is a hard worker necessarily,
frequently q willing drudge. The
little circle IN which the duties OF her
place are cheertully performed rarely
widens, though sunlight and shadows
alternately enter it rs in the expert
ences of all o,her~ duty doing people.
To such the farmers festival IS little
less than an event. Il Is the most
pretentious gathering Of humanity,
animated BY a common purpose, and
common as well as kindly interests
that this class encounters during the
year. Through the pleasant excite
ment in which they briefly participate,
they obtain refreshing glympses of a
broad and busy sphere of action, and
their thoughts reach out and take in
larger interests, fol time at least,
than those which lie within the limits
of their daily duties. The country
fair is quiet and wholesome educator.
It breaks into the cobwebs of unevent-
ful existences, and leaves new material
for the mind to build upon and with.
Its influences are almost invariably
healthful, and none Of the aspirations
that it stimulates are impossible it
does not confound daily experience,
even of the humblest, but brghtens
and freshens it, and rural society is
always made better and happier by it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-29

When the Cory (Penn.) Press sus:
pended publication it gave the citizens
of the place such an overbauling that
there was some talk of giving Mr..
Fenno, the proprietor, a dose oftar
and feathers. The Union City Times
asked Mr.. Fenno concerning this and
he made answer as follows: 1t may
be that the people will break into
somebody's hen roost and steal the
feathers, but they are too blamed
stingy to buy the tar. sr,la
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-29
TIME GOES. All MOI

Time goes, you sayf Ahnol
Alas, Time stays, zoe goi
Or else, were this not 30,
What need to chain the hours,
For Youth were always ourlf
Time goes, you say-Ah no'
Ours IL tho eyes' deceit
ofmen whose dying feet
Lead through some landscape low |
We pass, and thIak We see
The earth's fixed surface fee -
Alas, Time, stays-wego!
Once In tho days OF old,
Your locks were carling gold, ,
And mine had shamed the crow
Now, In the self.same stage,
We've reached the silver agej
Time goes, you sayf-ah no!
once, when my voice was strong,
I alled the woods with song,
To praise your "rose" aud "snowi"
Ny bird that sang " dead;
Where ore your roses aedS
Alas, Time stays-we go!
See, In what traverscd ways,
What backward Fate delays
The hopes We used to knowi
Where are our old desiresf-
All, where those vanished fires!
Time goes, you say3-ah mol
How far, how far, 0 sweet,
The past behind our feet
Lies In the even.glow!
Now, OH tho forward way,
Let US fold our hands and pray;
Alas, Time, ,stays--we 60!
-rAustin Dobson.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-29

all the girls Is happy after the true
way That the least no says about love
for other women the smoother will be
his matrimonial career, That It Ia
time to stop, for tear our readers
might become loyeslok, - Boston
Transcript,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-29
Mrs. Judson's Ghost.

DR.. Wayland, 10 his Life of Judson,
has but feebly portrayed the scene Of
Mrs. Judson's funeral. Our decks
were crowded by sailors OF all nations,
and every flag was at halt-mast, while
long line Of boats took ours in tow,
and on arrival ut the wharf the clergy
Of every denomination formed the
head Of the process on, which moved
through the main street, while all the
shops were closed.
My recolleclions Of DR.. Judson are
of the most agreeable kind. Deeply
afflicted as he was by his loss, he still
maintained cheerful demeanor, i'm
pressing all Of MS with love and vener-
alton for his character. His life was
q constant sermon.
But scenes like that of the death
and funeral they had lately witnessed
prepared the minds of the crew for
the access ot superstition Soon after
leaving st. Helena the second mate
called me suddenly in the night.
The poor fellows tone evinced that he
was as much frightened as were the
sailors, who, he said, had seen a ghost.
"A ghost, Mr. Bronson ! asked.
'What kind of a ghost?"
"Mrs. Judson's, sir; we can all see
it in the toretop."
"Pshaw y
"Captain, do come on deck, do, and
you will see 1t for YOURSELF" replied
Mr.. Bronson.
Well, as ] had never seen ghost,
! complied with bis request, and walk
ing into the waist, where the watch
were gathered in stupefed amazement,
they pointed their trembling fingers
to the foretop, whispering, in hushed
voices, ''Thero she is sir-look at her." "
Yes, there she was-a perfect fig
ure OF woman in a white dress, with
outstretched arms and ghastly face.
I will confess that no little astonish-
ment was combined with my iucredu.
lity. I had been awakened from a
sound sleep to behold this visitation
with halt-opeued eyes. But in mo-
ment ] saw the cause of the singular
deception.
Boys" said, "who will 60 with
me into the foretop and speak to her?"
There were brave men among the
crew who would have gone aloft on
my order TO send down royal yard,
even If they thought the mast might
90 over tho side, but now none of
them would STIR AT last / said, 'sDo
you think it my place TO 60 up there
and stow that top-gallant studding-
sail 7"
Then they understood the meaning
Of the apparition. This sail, which,
when not in use, was lsshed against
the toretop-mast rigging, had got
adritt, and spreading itself across to
the foremast head, had assumed the
weird and unearthly appearance Of a
ghost. So this puzzle for u'etaphysi.
clans was solved.
Had I sent the men below aud
gone up and slowed the sail myself, as
! was tempted 10 do, no argument
would ever have convinced them that
they had not seen the ghost Of Mrs.
dson.-CCaptain John Goldman, in
Hsrper's Magazine for October.