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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-26
The Chronicle wOefully says:

If the Democrats of the Senate had
stood out solidly against the confirm
alton of Stanley Matthews what a mag
nificent position the Democratic party
would now be in to profit by the dis
graceful rumpus over the spoils in the
Republican party.
Exactly. But the Democratic party
has not for half century been known
to do the right thing at the right time.
It's whole existence has been series
of blunders. We firmly believe that
had Hancock been elected the commit
tee having the Inauguration exercises
in hand would have flOundered around
and inaugurated Garfield on the wrong
day, and at the Patent Office building,
instead of the Capitol.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-26

Garfield scored the last trick, but
just now Conkling has the deal.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-26

Considerable excit ement has been
aroused in regard to the employment
of Chinese on the railroad line to Mono
Lake. The company put few China
men at work at the further end of the
line and advertised for 200 white labor
ers at 81 rs a day and board. A mass
meeting was finally held at Bodie, at
which a resolution was adopted that no
Cinnamon should be employed in Mono
county. The Miners Union have the
matter under consideration, but at
present nothing is known OF their action.
The railroad company hint that if their
work is interfered with they will ADAM
don it. This is looked upon, however, az
only threat.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-26

The. Democratic Assemblymen of
York are wild with delight to realize
that they are about to be considered a
factor in the present Senatorial fight.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-26

TheaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania
has decided that offenses which strike
at the purity and fairness of elections
are indictable at ,common law. The
statute of Limitation, which cuts off
prosecutions against less heinous Of
tenders, will not pr,teet persons guilty
of fraudulent election practices.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-26

While the Ider is feeling so anxious
about the condition of the State Treas
ury- did it ever occur to the proprietor
to pay back the $l7'which Committee
discovered he had overcharged on four
bills ofsless than five pages each. Pee-
pie should show their faith by their
works.A q: j. !. =
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-26

When Conkling did not go to Albany
the papers said that he feared to put in
personal appearance at the battle
ground. New that he is there it is
claimed that he has come to button hole
representatives.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-26

A bottle was recently found on bar
in the Brazos river, Texas, giving a
clue to the fate Of Aaron Scott, citi-
zen of Little Rack, Arkansas, who dis
appeared while making tour of Texas
year or SO ago. Scott wrote letter
and put it in bottle, hoping it would
reach his family, saying he was in the
hands of men who would murder him.
He babe his wife good-by forever.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-06

R Ask your druggist for copy of "Y oung
Mems Frlcnd'-aad read it,
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FURE WRITE sud GROUND SPICES a! Nc
BURNEY & SONS,
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WOGD AHss GOAE,.

( ycOAL
COAL.
We invite the attention OF desle,s and con.
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pRIhE s. @. BREAKFAST PIECES
- thin and lean. and choice s. O. Shoulder
ana ham. just received and for sale by
'S- j. q. MlLBURN,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-06

A VILLAGE BEAUTY's FORTUNE -Many
gears ago young man made his appearance 10
Sirattord, Conn, and passed few weeks ct the
tavern which then existed to sfJrd shelter to
stage coach passengers. Whence be M, and
what was bis business uoue could guess. Di-
rectIy opposite the tavern stood the small cot,
sage sud forge Of blacksmith named Folsom,
he had daughter who vas tho beauty of The
village, and it was her fortune to cap:ivase the
heart ct tic youog straCgsr. Il, told bis love
said that he Vas trsvelif i9cos., but ip c,p6.
cepca gave her his real uane, ssyiog that be
Was heir to large iortuoe. She returned bis
love, atd they Te!e married few weeks sfler.
The s!rsuger told bis vile ho must visit New
O'laans. DO did 30. and the gossips CT the
toWn made the young wite uohappy ty dis
agreeable hluts and jaers. 10 few months the
husband returned; but betore week had
slsp'ed be received large bulge. of letters
| and told It's wife that he must al nncs reluro
! TO E9glsnd, aud must So aloce. He took bis
| departure, and the gosslps had her eloIi,us
| opportunity to make oot6 ling woman wretch
| ed. 10 all bu: herself it Wass cegr CASE of i ;.
sertoa. The wife b.caue mother, snd for
sWo, Years lived on 10 sllolce aud hope. By the
etd OF that TINA letter was received BY the
StraIford besuy from her husbard, tircc i, 6
| her TO 20 at orc, to NaR York With her cti d,
takIrg with Der nothing bus the clothes she
wore, and embark 10 a ship tor home 10 Egg
laod. "a her arrival 10 New York she touu I'd
avsssel splendidl9 furnished with every oonre
nlecc: srd luzury for ber C mfor;. and two scr
wants ready to tb'y every wish that she might
exarese. the snip duly arrived 10 Eogl.ud
and the S:ra.fod girl became mis- ress of o
mausIou. aud ss the vile Of barouet was sa.
lQted as Lacy Samuel Stirling. Oa the death
OF her husband, many years ago. the Sratiord
Boy succeeded to the ii |, and wealth of hi:
tsther, a5d in he last editioo of Peersge sud
Barooesses be j. spoke1 of as the issue OF Nils
Folsom, Of Strstford. N A."
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NO. 245
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
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and MONOGRAM WHISTLES: sIso RxRI
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Orders from the country for merchandise shall
d Consignments Of Flour, Grain and Country
froduce solicited, for which they guarantees the
highest msrket prices and prompt returns.
Ais9snan iSosthesst e9.ner OF Cameron and Royal st..
a.e9aAorl., ~ Va. sepl4
iYRo. Y. woRTRINeToN q SON,
GRAIN, COMMISSION and
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Nos, II and l3 north Union st., Ale1s, Va,
Consisignments solicited. aup2s-sm
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DEALER IN FLOUR, FISH. SALT, AND
FERTILIZER,
Also Agent for
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PLOWS.
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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 6 1891
GAlexandria QBazette
DAILY q TRI-WEEKLY BY
EDGAR SNOWDEN.
TEENS Or suBBCaIPTIoS

Entered 6: she Postofice st Ale1andfis, Fs,, as
second class mater
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HEALTH Is WEALTH.

OR- b. Q. VESTS N ERvE AND BRAIN Treat.
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Indulgence, which leads 10 misery, decay and
death. One box will cure recent cases Each
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Ten eusrs1iee 10 return the money if the tres:.
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Has~ The b:s; Summer bevsrage-BELFAsT
GINGER ALE.
GEO. McBURNEY g. Son.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-06

Il. PoRTNERs BEER, bottled daily prica GU
cents per diz,u.
GEO McBURNEY & Son.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-01
In tho WeSt Indies.

Strange as it may seem Mt first sight,
everybody in the West Indies eats very
large meals. The climate is so hot that
you take food freely to make up for No
turo's losses, and the appetite has to be
stimulated by great variety of dishes,
MS we'll as Ly the copious use of those
very insidious capsicums, and tho still
moro delicious little rcd md yellow bird
peppers. A few of these tempting fruits
arc placed in tho salt-ccllar Mt every
moal, and, with tho bright tropical
flowers which invariably garnish the tn
bic in pretty specimen vases, they give
n general air Of pleasant esthctic refine-
snent to the whole arrangements. Break
fast is n roally solid and substantial re-
past, usually put off till half-past ten
o'clock, the pangs of pressing hunger
being stilled before tho early morning
canter by cup of coffee in tho bedroom.
With itsomotimes comes cassava. cake,
ono Of tho best jamaican institutions,
made by tho negro villagers from the
roughly -scraped meal of the arowroot
plant. This meal is rolled into q thin
paste and then baked hard and dry into
round cakes about the thicknoss of q
Scotch oatmeal hammock, but much more
delicate in taste.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-01
Palestine Exploration,

First in interest, perhaps, comes Prof.
Sayce's commentary OH tie newly found
inscription at the Pool of Siloam A
text which dates from tile time of Solo,
mon is, indeed, rare monument.
There is next discovery made by
Lieut. Condor, which may prove of even
greater interest. He has found, close to
the spot where he places the site of the
Crucifixion, which is still called the
Place of Stoning, q Jewish tomb Of
Herodian period, standing alone, cut in
the rock. "Can this be-" he asks, "the
new Sepulchre in the Garden p" A
drawing and plan OF the tomb have been
made for the Society. Another drawing
has been made Of the real mouth of Ja-
cob's we'll, recently discovered by the
Rov. G. IT, Bardsley. The well mouth
is much worn by the friction of ropes.
It was formerly covered over by n
Christian church, and if, rs is possible,
this church dates back to tho second or
third century, the stono should be no
other than the very stone OH which our
Lord conversed with tho woman of
Samaria. Another discovery, only in
directly connected with the Bible, is
: that of tho anciont Hittite city of Ka-
desh, on the Orontes. Not the least
surprising about this are tho facts that
Lieutenant Condor found it from m
Egyptian record written three thousand
years ago, and that the old name,
though it has disappeared from history
since the thirteenth century before
Christ, is still attached to it. Anothe,
paper in the same number of tho journal
clears up curious mystory attached tc
Ain Gadis, the probable site of Kadesl
Barnea. It was visited md described
in glowing terms by Mr.. Rowland, forty
years ago. No ono has since been ablt
to reconcile his statements with those O.
other travellers. Mr.. Trumbull,. O.
Philadelphia, has now, however, disco
vered that no other travellers have seel
the real fountain since Rowland, having
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-01
Not Generally Known.

Keys were originally made of wood,
and the earliest form was a simple crook
similar to the common picklock. The
ancient keys are mostly of bronze, and
Of remarkable shape, the shaft termina-
ting on one side by the wards, on the
other by ring. Keys of this descrip-
ton were presented by husbands to
wives, and were returned again upon di-
vorce or separation.
Hats were first made by Swiss at
Paris, 14o4 A. D. They are mentioned
in history Mt the period when Charles
VII made his triumphal entry into
Rouen, in 1449.. He wore hat lined
with red velvet, and surmounted with a
rich plume of feathers. It is from this
reign that hats and caps are dated,
which henceforth began to take place of
the chaperoons and hoods that had been
worn before in France. Previous to
the year 1910 the men and women of
England wore close knit WOODEN caps.
The custom of crowning the poets
originated among the Crooks, and was
adopted by the Roma',s during the EN-
pire. 1t was revived in the twelfth CEN
tury by the emperor Of Germany, who
invented the title of poet-laureate. The
French had royal poets, but no laure-
ates. The title existed in Spain, but
little is known Of those who boro it.
The tradition concerning the laureate in
England is that of Edward III, in 1867,
emulating the crowning of Petrarch, at
Rome, in 1341, granted the Office to
Chaucer, with yearly pension. In 1850
the laureate was made q patent office.
From that time there has been q regular
succession Of laureates.
Until the close Of the eighteenth GEN.
tury the finest muslins in use were i1n-
ported from India. The earliest mention
OF cotton among the classic nations of
antiquity is by Herodotus, who speaks
it by the name Of tree-wool, which name
it still bears in German and several
other continental languages. Cotton
was not known in Egypt until about 500
years before Christ. Then it appears
probable that it was imported, for all
tho cloths found enveloping the num-
mics Of earlier ages have proved on ex-
animation to be linen. Cotton cloths
are mentioned as having been imported
into London in 1896, the knowledge of
both the culture and manufacture hay
ing probably been conveyed there by
the Moors aud other Mohammedan ma
tions. The former were tho means OF
first bringing this manufacture into
Europe.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-01
TRI-W EEK.LY EDITION.
THE WINDS.

The south wind sings Of happy springs,
And summers Fastening on their way;
The south winds smells Of cowslip bells,
And blossom spangled meads Of May;
But sweeter is her red, red mouth
Than oil the kisses Of the south.
The west wind breathes OF russet hea:hs,
And yellow prido Of woods grown old
. The west wind flieB from autumn skies,
And sun clouds oyerlaid with gold;
But the bright locks love the best
Outshnc the glories Of the west.
The north wind sweeps from crystal dccps,
The Arctic halls Of endless night;
The north wind blows DER drlfted SHOWS,
And mountains robed In virgin white;
But purer far her maiden's soul
Than all the SHOWS that shroud the plOo.
The cast wind shrills DER desert hills
And dreary coasts of barren sand;
The east wind means of sea blanchcd bones
And ships that sink In sight of land;
But the cold cast may rave and moan,
For her warm heart is all my own.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-01

all been taken to another spring ten
miles distant from the real Ain aadis
1t is most remarkable spring-it issues
a full-grown stream from the rock it
forms an oasis in which there is abun-
dance OF grass, with great trees, even in
the arid desert Of the Tih; it runs away
and loses itself i'll the sand. The place
may or may not be Kadesh Balnea, but
those who believe that it is will hence
forth read the history of the events
which took place there with far greater
interest and fuller understanding. At
all events, it is quite clear that there is
plenty of water, and to spare, and even
for large numbers who encamped at Ka-
desh.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-01
Toads Among Plants.

In the matter of feeding the toad is
not very particular, either as to quality
or quantity. Anything that creeps or
erawls will do for him--wood lice, bee
ties, spiders, slugs, worms, even snails
with their shells, arc put out of sight as
if by magic, for he has peculiar way of
catching his prey. He watches the
moving insect for second or two; then
suddenly darting out his tongue at n
distance Of one or two inches, the insect
is snatched up and swallowed instantly.
One evening gentleman gave one q
wasp and humble bee. Both were
snatched up directly, and they COM
menoed to move, apparently without
causing the toad the slightest discom-
fort, though they must have reached his
stomach in tolerably active condition.
In plant houses, especially forcing
houses, where insects increase their
numbers 50 rapidly at all seasons, the
toads services arc especially valuable /;
and if a suitable ladder, made of narrow
board with bits of lath tackled on it two
AlSICo hpdA DC oCO Ill ~ SoAllCAj
from the door to the stage, he will climb
it, and thus be enabled to make himself
still moro useful. But perhaps the most
remarkable fact concerning the toad is,
that though no can, and does. eat great
deal, he can exist n long time without
eating anything. Years ago he buried
ono for month in the earth, as an ex-
pertinent, and when dug up it was mp
parently as well as ever. More recently,
having been bothered with myriads OF
wood lice in an early cucumber house,
and not being able to find toads in Feb
ruary, he, later on, when they became
plentiful, buried three in nine-incl
pot, with slate on top, eighteen inches
under tho ground, that ho might have
them handy for the next early forcing
season. But that season he did not re-
quire them, 80 they remained buried
until the following one, and were then
on being taken up, apparently not mucl
the worse for their eightoen months
fast, though they did not have any ice
water or alcoholic baths.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-01

The best prayers arc those which you
try to answer yourself after you have
uttered them.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-01

Bo just and fear not; let all the ends
thou aim'st at be thy country's, thy
Gods and truths.
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CAPTURE OF A BIG TURTLE.

Wilmington IN. G. Star: A gentle
man of this city, now at May Port, Fla,
writing under date of the Goth inst. gives
us description of monster turtle cap
tnred off the entrance to ST. Johns river,
on Friday, the 18th inst, by the crew of
the steamer Annie E. Stevens, Captain
Tico, while lying at anchor waiting the
tide to come in. He weighed between
400 and 500 pounds, and he was six feet
in length, two feet six inches in width
and one foot six inches in depth; his
fore tiippers measured two fest six inch
es, bis hind ones one foot three inches
and his head was eight inches and his
neck fourteen inches in length. He was
on his back, apparently trying to rid
himself of some s'suckers'' which had
adhered to his shell. and as he drifted
by the vesssel was shot aad stunned and
eventually captured by slip-noose be-
ing thrown over fore fapper, after be-
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-12-29
RELICS OF LOUIS XVI.

Several interesting relics of the hopeless
monarch Louis XVI, collected by his
faithful boyservant Ciery and at present
in possession of Clery's grandchildren,
are now on view in Paris. Among them
are the insignia, in silver, of the Holy
Ghost Order, and an amulet containing
relics of st. Peter and st. Andrew, at
tached to chain which the King wore
around his neck, night and day, from bis
early childhood until within a few mo.
ments of his decapitation. His pocket
knife, feurs de-Es engraved upon its
handle, file from his favorite tool.box,
md all 5he linen, worn by him during the
hight preceding his execution are all
Included in the collection, as we'll as an
autograph letter addressed to Marie An
oinette by the Count de Provence
lfterward Louis XVIII.-and enclosing
} ring confided to Clery by the ''Son of
st. Louis" on the fatal morning of the
2lst of January, 1893. for transmission
10 Her Majesty. This letter runs as fol
lows, in literal translation: s'Ha7ing at
length found the means of consigning to
our brother one of the few trifing pledg-
les left to us by Him whom we all loved
and bewail, deemed that it would give
you great pleasure to possess something
that belonged to him. Keep it as SYM
POL of my closest friendship with which,
and with my heart 1 embrace you.-
III. A" Three articles of clothing worn
sy the unfortunate little Dauphin during
tie earlier period of his Imprisonment
|. green silken coat and jacket and
rousers of striped silk-are also exhibit
I'D. These were seereted by Clery when
he "Chiid OF France" was transferl ed 10
he Temple, where, clothed in sordid
ngs, half starved and brutally ill-treated
" the mercilsss taskmaster, he dragged
N miserable existence for nearly two
ears and half from the date Of his
oyal fathers death on the scaffold.