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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-17
Opening aHa Gioa..ag OF RE lsasfs.


Opening aaa Sios.1ag 81 RE EsasEs.
CLOSING.
Washington, D. O., sHd northeastern nGils
8. m, II N. and g ard s Is p. II.
Western Eai!s 30 Gnd Is p. n.
Southern mails, Va Richmond, Va. 10 30 a.
m. and 4 30 snd s Is 2. n.
South and Southwestern naa;!5, via lynch
burg, Virginia, wsy and through maila, 7 OO =.
N. and 10 y. III.
Manassas Division 60 9. II.
Alexandria 10 Round Hill W., SEQ 4. q;
OPENING,
northern and Western mails. Wis Washing.
aon, y, g., 10 a. IN. y n. ara i CO D. II.
southern malls, via RlchElol-, Va, 30 q. NJ
and 30 q. m.
Southwestern mails via LynohburG, Virgins,
NhIough mhlls) including way !asils Oh Midland
Railroad S 80 a. N.
Manassas Division 80 p N for lock box only.
Round Hill to Alexandria, Va, 3 ~ ?. u.
Office Hours-CEce opons at 81 e. H., and
closes at 0U p. IT.
Sunday Hours-Ofice opens =: as q. NJ, SID
closes at 30 g.. N.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-17

Tin RooFING. CUTTER AND RAIN SPOUT,
attended to promptly, by STANsBURY l. BRO,
maDutac urcrj and desIers 10 Stoves, rin Ware
60. McBurncy's Baiiding) corner King and
Washington streets
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1881 GREAT oSI
hISVJ.B

81 CHEAT oSl
go rp P sGHS;5 AlI &og {Gl s,,-,
DOUBLE TAAU&
3TsEL Rails. SPLHNDIp sOGNEG
MAGNIFICENT GQUIPMENi.
May 10Th, 1851.
Trains lesye Washington. from depot OF Bal.
T1MORE = POTOMAC RAILROAD, cor.
. aeT g Of Sixth and + str acts, as follows:
For Philadelphia, New York and .he Easi s and
III ~ q. m. daily, except Sunday. sat 2Ui, 1000
and 10 is ?. III daily, wiz Palace Cara ana.
tied Express o! FU!imsh Parlor Care $40 q.
"a daily, e1eopI Sunday. Fer Philadelphia
and III 30 g. Il. daiiy, cAccpt Sunday, and
", a., ~ and 10 Is y. u. daily.
Sor tltLsburg ard the Nass 5.UU a. m, with
Earlol car TO p'ttsburx sad s,!eepias CIR to
PitIsburg and Ghlcsgo 1888 a. IT. tsil3
93U p. III. dH' y, T!tG rasca Car to Chicago.
For Csnandsiguh and tae Nortn, s w L. III.
except Sunday and 9Sy y, Ii. Tally, except
Saturday, witE Palsce Ger : Cansndaigus.
For Watkins, lO.5C E, T.. daily except Sun.
For Baltimore, 6 ~, 500. o.2O xnu 1890 s.. NJ;
200, 4 70, 40 SAC, 93C, 10 CO and iOl D. III.
On Sunday, 800 and 10 81 s..n 2.O0, s. 4U, 9.3u,
IL % END l0l6 .. N.
For Pope's Greek zine, 8 a. q. m. and 40 .. N.
ds;ly, except sunday.
For Annapolis, = Az 3. m. sad 40 n. IN, daily
except sunday.
LOCAL TRAINS.
for Ate1sldrlA TOO, 7 ~. 40, and II 80 a.
M, and 70, 5, + 70, G and II 80 p. NJ. Sun.
day at I o. ~, and ii 80 9. N. and s p. M.
Trans leave Ale1andrix for Washington, 500
eoo, and ~ D. la. and II 40, 3, s, 7, 9l0
p. m. end II night.
On Sunday at S.U5, and 10 q. m. and 90 and
~ p. m.
THROUGH TRAIN FOR TIE SOUTH, via
Qusntco and Richmond, will leave Ale1sn-
orla 1t 7.2J and II Il Q. N. daily and 5 20 p.
N daily, except Sunday
Fast mail, leaving at II II .. NJ, makes two
stops, viz: at Qusntico and Frederick blu. z,
m between Alexandra and Richmond
flcEets and information CAL be procured It
principal railroad stations and sicke. offices
Southeast. J, K, WOOD
Gonn. Passenger Agent.
General Manager. myls
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Try THEM-DeIigb:iul FRESH DEyILED
CRABS just reosiyed at MCBURNEYs.
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DON'T OVERLOOK ms = 900 yards short
ends OF those beautiful design in stiriags,
prloted On Wlnsut.a muslin at l2i, yard st
au2l0lR | ElCuBsKGS
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6. H. MUMM L. Cos DRY VEHzsNAY
tHAMPAGNE-PIa!s sud Qlsrts, st MCBUR.
NEY & SONS.
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Steamers OF this line will run IS follows:
FSR NSkEOER,

Steaners OF this line will run IS follows;
FSR NoEE0AR,
Connecting with Merchants snd Miners Lima
10. Boston. steamer
A-a1z' cR TESs kaEs
EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and
FElDAY, at co o. clock p.m.; returning, leay.
Eortoik on alternate days at 90 .. NJ
inns staunch Iron steamer has lust been psint.
90 throughout, ststorooEls newly furnished AND
csrpeted, and Is the haadsones: as we'll as the
safest beat on the fotor &C river end chesapeake
oaS, anu Is inc only steamer making close con-
Reeton with the Now York and Boston stesm-
era; also connects with Richmond steamers aud
railroad lines .outh. Stops 1T PINEY POIEG
and POINT LOOKOUT gong and returning,
Beginning hsy Let, 1851, excursion tickets,
good Tor stven Gage, will bu Issued SIS follows
F,rStc'sss fGuhd trip to It. Monroe and Norfolk
% U mrs. Class fare 10 Fortress Monroe snd
Norio IL; second class each way 81 81: f-st
class tsre ~ Pluey Pcin! and Point Lookout
81 oOi f'st csss fouHd trip ~ Pnry Poiat and
f0l@! Lockout 81 UUi second class cacn way 75c
cla.erooms 81; meals i5,.
F~2 NE9s YOHM.
sTE.G.7E EsS q, e. E.v-sG Erses,Es ,EGkA
GEGSsIsr
EVERY FRIDAY, at q H.; and retu~nior
Leave sew Eork, tfom pier Il, Nsst river gV.
ELY SATURDAY, at O'Clock u. N.
Inc steamers OF this company mako conrec
tons ST Norfolk for Boston and all nojrls N,st.
At New YORK with Sill points West and North.
west and 1t Elo1andria with Virginia Midland
railroad and Washington ana Ohio Railroad
through rates gwen and iregh. handled caro-
fully snd promptly. For further informsLon
apply 10 +. a. hEED, Agent,
Jtnney's wharf,
WIN. THOMPSON, President,
sep I'LL Washington, D. G.
.::e{55ssssa CLYDE'S STEAM LINE WEpK-
:ssfss<siS LY TO
PHILADELPHIA, FALL RIVER, PROv1-
DENCE AND BOSTON.
Ssesnie Leave AlexaAGris EVERY T!rrs
pa and leave Philadelphia EVERY SAT-
URDAY. ia -
This line connects at Alexandra with .hao
a.. 6 81. and W s. o. T. Rs, snc 81 Pbi1edoi'
phs With C!ydo's regular Steamships for Fsil
River, Providence and Boston A-
Freight forwarded with prom otnese and c.-,
free OF commissions.
No charge tor ttsnaier in Philsdelpbis And
0 wharfage III Boston, Quick time Freauent
departures Through rstes and through SiIIs
of lading given. Insurance st the lowest rstes
Agents:
<. &. RIED, Alexandria,
VIM. p CLYDE & CO., PhlIsdolclia
JOHNSON & co. Wash. & Georrtn
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20 TO NCBUENEY' 5 AID buy yourself sonc
OF those hnc Acyantfla made BnooMs.
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VIRGINIA CLAEETS PMS sri Qlsr,s-They
are untquaied for their PURITY auC MEDICINAL
PROPERTIES Sod o. GEO. MCbUGNEY j.
Son.
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BRIc A. BRAC BRAID AID |; Sd lace 10 a
widths Just opeaed a.
sug10 lW |. EICHBERGs.
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esF- Ask your druggist for COPY fly oupg
Mems Fricnd" and rcad iI
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CoRSETs CoRsETs Fresh supply Just re-.
cel7ed at uuglO lH |. ElCnBggG's,
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LACEs LAcss "A pew supplg Just opened
ct sugl0 Nv l. EICHBERG's,
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Mail, Southwark, connects at Charlottesville
with Ches. & Ohio +. T., HAST ard West. At
Lynchburg, connects With Norfolk & West.
ern K. f., through Southwest Virgins to
and Te1ss-snd at Dsnville with Richmond s.
Oanvilie X. f., to South End Southwest.
E1prasa Southwark connects at Charlottea.
viilu ~ sli points on Ches. & Ohio K. T., and
st nsnvi!ls :oE sll points South East and South.
s5sndris daily. except Sundsy, 90 a. m. and
IL 80 a. m, snd returning arrive s: AleIaudris
II 90 m aud 2t0 p. m.
For MANASSAS LINE lesve Washington
10 G.. m. and Alexandria t5 .. M, dsily
except Sunday, arrive at S!rssburg IL Is pm.
connecting with the Valley kosd East and
West. Lesvo Strssburg 50 p. m, striving at
Alexandria a. 80 p. n.
MINED TRAIN FOB MANASSAS DIV
lSION lesves Ale1sndris daily except Sum
day, at 6 &C 6. m, striving at S!r.sburS c. 05
2. m, and returning leaves S!rasburg 4. 5 70
a. M, arriving in Alexandria st SO p. m.
For Middleburg, daily connection n Plains
station.
For Uppetville, regular connection at Della
For WAEHENTON. leave Washington =.
I 10 a. z. daily and II 05 q. N. dsily, except
Sunday.
Passengers can lesve Wsrrenton at 25 m
and take mixed trsin at junction and reach
AleIsndris st II 10 10, in time to make! A. s.
and New York.
All trains make good connections, at Wash.
ington. 20 and from n orth snd West.
New Orleans sleeper leaves Washington s,
10 .. M. running through without change,
Fast train wi h Marks Adjustable Reclining
Chair Car attached runs through - White >ul-
pbur Springs wthou! change and from White
sulphur to Baitim IRE Without change. This il
the fastest train between these poGls.
Pullmsn Sleeping Cars between Washington
and Augusta, Ga, without change, on III Is
p. N. train.
Through tickets very low to the South aud
routhvasi.
aHEUEH SLAIJGEwTR. G. IA.
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STkAMERS.
NOTICE,
FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDJNas

@. IN snd s:ter Aonosy. August lst, 1881, the
steamer 1: v ARROWSMITH, will lesve her
%hstt, foot of XII. & Street a, 1884, M EVERY
MoE "a "a =, Thu RSDAY aud SATURDAY
far as Nomini Ferry; On Tnu,sd,v Mas ni
Curfiomsn and Lernsrd!own; On Saturday
Curtlomsn and Leona-dtosn.
=, me stesmer cor meets each trip with ste,mer
VI 10il ~ 1T Matthias Ptint Tor Brents whnrf
na.tOx Creek. ~"
iy:S-tf J. K wnOD M
sSOR NORFOLK, PORTSMOUTH, F0v,
TEEs5 MONROE AND THE s0UTH
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WASHINGTON & OHIO RAILROAn

SUMNER ARRANGEMENT.
L Wy TRAINS DAILY (EXCEPT SUN.
DAY. BETWEEN ALEXsNDRIa
AND ROUND HILL,
Beginning May 8, 1881.
Leave Washington al 9 20 q. No. and APO n.
10. and Alexandria st rs 8. m. q rs o. ID.
Pass Leesburg, going westward, at IL 80 q. M.
and ~ p. m, and arrive At Round Hill At
IL 10 y. m. and 20 p N. Leave Round Hill
st ~ a. m. and Il 80 pm. Pass Leesburg, 20.
ing eastward, 1T GU m. and 10 .. M, and
arrive at Alexandria st 8 l5 D. M, and 8 Is
p IN, and 81 Washington 8 25 q. N. and
3 Is p. m.
E2c Passengers from Washington will tske
tho Washington and Ohio cars At tae Baltimore
& Potomac Railroad station st9 20e.m. anu4.2O
p. H., and 90 through TO Round Hill without
change Ct CHS
The 9.25 a. N. train from AlezanGris sndl230
.: N. train from Round Hill connect at Round
Hill with Mccoy & WigRinton's Daily Line of
Coaches for Snickersvi!Ie, Berryville and Win
CD ester; also Resmers Line OF Coaches, which
,dsVF Lees burg daily FOR Aldie and Middle.
burg
Both trains, westward make close connection.
Al Vienna, with Sisson's Line of Stages for Fair.
ts1 Court House.
Communication eieheas, q cts DER ussse
annual ticketH, $50.
q. HAVENER,
my " Genera! Ticket Agent.
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CHANGE or TINR.

CHANGE OF TIER
IN ana alter Monday October 9TH. the
ooats OF the POTOMAC FERRY co. will RIM
as follows: W. VIA "an
> ~ lKAVE ALEXANDRIA,:
81 W., ~, . ~, 90 10 80 end IL 80 a. m, and
u oU' 81, 5o $50, q 80, s SO, G 80 and 7 &c
p. m.
LEAVE WASHINGTON:
$50. 7 30, 8 80, 80, 10 80 and II 30 a and
Il 81, 81 2So, 3 80, $50, S 80, s SO and 90
p. N. ~
on Sunday the first trip from each end will be
st 9 60 e. 10. -- "''t &c
my25 GEO. r. PHILLIPS aansas,
7 HAsNO 2 SEABOARD O0A8TlNG co.
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DRUAs, CHEMICALS, dc.
IN ARh ,~s-.-.--s--

Perry Ga, April IA, 1879.
haze wstchei the usa OF the medicine now
known rs "~wfts Syuhilli.ic Specific" over Bfty
years, and Eave never heard Of failure TO cure
when properly taken. C I'M r enced the use of
It en- my slaves between 1859 and 1865 IS also
did number Of my neighbors. aud in every
case thst cs'ie within my knowledge it effected =
care. In 1885 Geo Walker, bought at auction
stare not 1carrGntei After me pnIc0.se il
WAS discovered that ha had hsd Syphilis for
twelve years. His head wss without hair CT
It He trested him with this remedy, and in
four weeks be vss sonnd and well, aid in q short
time hsd BE fine hesd of hair IS WAS ever
owned By negro. He owEed this slave many
years and he never hsd any return Of the dis.
ease, Lor lost days wOrk.
Fl j. DESNARD
TEE SWIFT sPRCIFIC CUMPAEY, Fro.
prietors. Atlanta, Ga.
Sold by 4 3 Lead be.tcr s. Bro
Gail FOR copy of ~ ourg Mems Friend"
EDw' D. 8. LEADBEATEA. TEos. LEADBsATEg
{. s, Leeadbeater l. Bro.
Eos. 5 and S sa:rsrz st..
&Ssaoaagsaet1 1893.
Dealers in
HURR DRUGS and MEDICINES, CERMI.
GALS, PAINTS, OILS, pHCFRIETA-
Ri MEDlCINES GARDEN SEEDS,
SPICES, AGEICU LTUHAL
CHEMICALS FINETOI-
LET GOODS. &C., &c
Proprietors Of AnoGyne Pectofsl, Lubrieasine
Liliment E5sencc JsnsiCx Ginger snd Cough
Syrup, and Agents for Ayers Medicines, aver.
ii!'s Chenicni Paints sc.
Every effort vii! BE made &c ma:nsin the high
reputation of our old establishment. rcv3
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The STHAMRH
GE ORGE Z e A nv

,, Garry Ing tho U Is MsiD
NV leSVe Ter whsIl foot of Prince street, on
TUhSDAIS and THURSDAYS st 6 D m :.
1 p; 81 U KID IS: st 6:3O p. m stopping a,
turning Returning leaves Norfojk on "" WRn
NEoDAIS, fridays and SUNDAYS At a
o'clock y. n. az
Begin ming with MsJl 1851 Excursion ticke.s
VIII ', Do su,d good for four dsys, az follow:
sIrst a., IS IS tste TO FORTRESS Monroe And Nor
lTs % vi fl:st G'e;s round Tip, So on; second
ICES, cacG "ng, 81 OF; First class fare to iney
folst and Point Lockout, S! 50; Fist c;ss,
round trip, 50; Second class, each w.v - cts
Stslerooms 81. Meals rs cts, - WIS.,
P. B. H0Os, gent. n,hSG
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EAaAEEaESs

1RgINIA MIDLAND RAILWAY.
JOHN S. BARBOUR, President
On and after SUNDAY, June II, 1881. Pas.
senRer trains will run IS fellows:
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dsSsE saseesGes.
y i. b. 7 ACk ETT

SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS.
Our Buyer Just returned from Now York.
The latest novelties for
SU III ER WEAR.
Dotted snd Figured India Mul!s
Co!ored Persian Lawns,
Novelties in Linen Laws,
Requisite Patterns Dotted Swiss Muslins
All six AID Silk and Wool Brocsded Grena-
dimes.
Nuns Veilings special baF gsins,
Large additions to Cashmere stock,
Table Linens end Napkins,
SpecIs! bargains in handkerchief, Hosiery,
&C.. &c.
Goods bought for cash from the lesding New
York houses. An examination solicited
mJ8 j. E. TACKETT.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-08-25

GooD STOCK means what? 1t means
an educated live stock sentiment, pro-
gress, enterprise, agricultural yigor. 1t
means the best return for outlay in feed
and care, the best profit in term of
years, the most desirable product when
put on the market. 1t means leader
ship in the live stock business, and the
satisfaction of doing good thing well.
Trashy stock means-often lack of in
terest in an important branch of the bu-
siness of the farm-a waste of time, food
and care for which good return might
otherwise have been secured--a place at
the tail-end of all markets and dissat-
isfaction with ones position in the
trade. There are plenty Of good farm
ers and stockmen handling mean stock,
but they are only preparing for some
thing better. and fully intend to raise
their standard rs fast as they are able
an effort in which they should receive
every encouragement But = man who
is thoroughly satisfied to continue rails
ing trash need never expect to find any
branch Of the live stock business contin-
uously prohtable.-Stockman.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-08-25
The Seeds of Vice.

The open gambling and pool rooms.
thronged every hour of the day and un-
til late at night by men and boys Of all
ages and conditions, are among the per-
The men who defeated Mr.. DeLang
law in the Legislature last winter should
spend a day or two looking in upon
these places where youngsters are train
ed to crime. The excited, heated. wOr-
ried faces of hundreds plainly indicate
that their losses mean despair and dis
grace. How many young men have lost
honor, virtue. position, and have bean
started on downward road to 3 felon's
cell by such means? The law, If it per
mits men to enter such places, should
certainly protect the boys from the con-
amination.-Inter-Oc Ocean.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-08-25
The Oldest City in the World.

Damascus is the oldest city in the
world. Tyre and SidOn have crumbled
on the shore; Baalbec is RUN; Palmy-
ra is buried in desert; Nineyeh and
Babylon have disappeared from the I'll
girls and the EuphrateS. Damascus re-
mains what it was before the day of
Abraham "a center of trade and travel
an isle of verdure in the desert; "a
presidential capital with martial and
sacred associations extending through
thirty centuries. 1t was near Damascus
that Saul of Tarsus saw the light above
the brightness of the sun; the street.
which is called Strait, in which it was
said ''he prayed" still runs through the
the city. The caravan comes and goes
as it did 1000 years ago; there is still the
sheik, the ass, ard the water-wheel; the
merchants Of the Euphrates and the
Mediterranean still occupy the streets
"with the multitude of their wares"
The city which Mahommed surveyed
from a neighboring height, and was
afraid to enter, because it was given to
man to have but one paradise, and for
his part he was resolved not to have it
in this werld.' is to-day what Julian
called the Eye of the East" as it was
in the time of Isaiah, "the head of Sy-
ria"
From Damascus came the damson,
our blue plums, and the delicious april
cot of Portugal, called damascO; damask
our beautiful fabric of cotton and silk.
with vines and flowers raised upon a
smooth, bright ground; the damask rose
introduced into England in the time of
Harry VIII tho Damascus hladA SO
famous the world over for its keen edge
and wonderful elasticity, the secret of
whose manufacture was lost when 'Ta-
merlane carried the artist into Persia,
and that beautiful art of inlaying wood
and steel with gold and silver, kind of
mosaic, engraving and sculpture unit
ed-called damaskeening-with which
boxes, bureaus and swords are ornament
ed. It is still city of flowers and bright
waters; the streams of Lebanon and the
silk of gold" still murmur and sparkle
in the wilderness of the Syrian gardens.
EXCHANGE.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-08-25
Masonic Directory.

DELMONT LODGE, No. 16, F. 6 A. NJ.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
JAMES MELLOR, w. III.
JESSE B. MEYER, SecY.
CT. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II,
- Royal Arch Masons. Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
G. w. CARROLL, Fl. p.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'y.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. "a, R. & s. NJ.
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
ii. r. BUMGARNER, T. |. NJ.
F. D. BAILEY, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 26, K. T..
Ii Stated conclaves, first Tuesday of each
menth. II. r. BUMGARNER, Z. c.
t. L. SRDwICK, Rec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-08-25

THE farmer who waits until after
breakfast to decide what he will do that
day is likely to change his plan half a
dozen times before he really gets to
work, and the chances are then that he
will that day begin one thing and the
next another, and by the end of the
week have half dozen things started
and nothing finished. Plan out yonr
work ahead, always allowing for acci-
dents. Get your tooks and implements
into first class order while you have the
spare time, so that when the push comes
you are ready to drive your work, in
stead of having your work driving you
Do one thing at time; 1t may take a
little longer than you like, but you will
save time in the long run.-Exc.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-08-25
the pistOl-pOcket, to assure themselves

the pistol-pocket, to assure themselves
that they are "reg'lar made"
II an expose of these pockets could be
made. the most knowing of us would be
astonished at the number of revOlvers
of all patterns, loaded with ball cart
ridges, carried by young men everywhere
in the country. ....Y,.l
The East is no exception whatever tC
the assertion, nor is New England ex.
cepted in the East.
At a little post office town in COnnec-
ticut, so quiet and demure you would
think you had come to the rural of all
rurals, so sedate and old-fashioned as to
suggest the times of long ago, when as
yet there was no revolver or locomotive
or tslegraph-the nineteenth-century
trinity-I stopped at small store, where
calico and spices, wooden goods and to-
bacco, candies and cartridges were in
confusion on the shelves, and, after talk
ing with the storekeeper while, point
ed to the cartridges, and asked: "Do you
not find those things rather improbable
stock ?" '
He smiled, and answered: "That's
sbout as profitable line as there is in
the trade. suppose sell more dollars
worth of -four and pork; but that's d
pretty good trade"
"Why, those are pistol cartridges. Are
they not ?" s.
"Ohl yes. Look at them. They're
reg'lar." ...-
"But the people about here don't carry
pistols. Do theyP"
He eyed me moment quizzieally, and
then said: Il guess, if you should see
the boys pockets emptied out at night
you'd lind revolver in well, say two
thirds of thein."
"How do you know? Do you sell them
to the boys?" t--
Il know because they show them
when they come to buy cartridges. ]
don't sell them. They buy them from
firms which advertise to send them by
mail"
"What do they pay for themP"
"Ohi anywhere from one dollar and
fifty cents to about four dollars, accord
ing to size and finish"
"When the boys get them, what dc
they do with them2 They don't shoot
anything with them. Do Jhey?"
swell, they practice at marks good
deal and shoot at birds; and, if you think
they can't shoot, you are mistaken. I've
seen 'em hit pieces of paper three inches
square twenty feet off. It's no secret
about here that the boys carry 'em. May
be their mammies don't know about it;
but they all do"
Now, what is to be the result of this
almost universal practice of carrying
arms concealed? Will it cheaper hu.
man life and expose it to greater dan
gers?
A friend said to me, the other day
IL was in pistol factory in Norwich
last week, and they said they could hard
ly supply the demand And what do
you suppose a five-shot niekel-plated re-
volver costs them?"
1 guessed one dollar.
"No. Sixty-eight cents. | don't won
der that every boy has one. only. Won
der that there are not more accidents
and crimes than there are"
The mania to possess revolver is
spreading, and the number carried is
constantly multiplying.
What will the influence be upon our
civilization, when every boy has one in his
pocket and is anxious to try its shooting
qualities after the style of the Western
desperate?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-08-25

NEAR the end of the month an impor-
tant wedding will take place i'll the high
life of the Orient, the marriage of the
oldest daughter of King Menelik, of
Schoa, to the Crown Prince Of Abys-
sinia.- The parents of the royal bride
will conduct her in state to the Abys-
sinian capital, being met on the borders
of King Johns dominiOns by the youth
full bridegroom and some 1,50O mail-clad-
warriors, representing the flower of the
Abyssinian army. King John has in
vited, from the two countries, about 12,-
600 persons to witness these august
rites, and outside his gates has built of
canvas small city, where they will live
as his guests for an entire week. Many
articles in the brides trousseau are of
European manufacture. She and her
future husband are young, their CON-
bined ages being little short of thirty
six years.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-08-25

GEN. ROBERT PATTERSON in his will
provided that two large mirrors once
belonging to General Washingtons
house in Philadelphia should continue
to be the property of his direct descend
ants as heirlooms of the family. They
are built in the wall of his late residence
in Philadelphia, and must continue there
as long as his descendants occupy it.