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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-16
The Markets.

BALT1hoRE, Fob lG-Vireinia Go old -; do
deferred IA; do consolidated S23: do I'd series
Oh; past due coupon 931 new 10.40a 53t bid
lees active but steady; Howard St and Western
super > 25aS9 Is; do extra 4aS4 rs; do family
o l0sSG; City Mills super 3 25ss3 IS do extra "a
"a 70; do family & 25aSG 80; do Kio brands Is
" 20; Patapsco family 81. Whcst-Southern
nrmer; Western CASTOR, closing firmor; South
ern red Hall Z; do amber 12Oal23; No West,
eT1 winter red spot and Feb llGa11G4 Mar 1lGs
southern trmer; Western lower and dull;
southern white o.; do yellow So; Western mix.
cd spot 64tsf42; Fob 5is,513; March G31a53s
Oats dull; Western white ils12; do mixed 4OlAI.
Rye dull y. l0lsl0t. Hay dull prime to choice
Felns and Maryland 20sS2l. Cclr.o lower and
Gull; kio cargoes ordinary to feir lClal23
Sugar dull A soft Il. Whiakoy quiet and
steady ST 81 II.
NEW YORK. Feb. lG Stocks lirgr. Money 5
h6 Flour Gull and heavy. Wheat hea7y aud
lower. Corn lower aud moderately active.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-16
Z: Gr1on IL }Yisn, auc.ionners

i .QMMIS9iONEB5' SALE OF VALUA.
- BILE REAL ESTATE IN FAIRFAX
EuuFTY.-PurEuan! to decree of the Circuit
Cour. Of Fairfax county at tho Juno term, 1878,
IN tho case of Emerson adtn'r. vs. Emerson ct.
81. tie undersigned commissioners therein
named, will sell at public auction on SATUR.
DAY, the 18th day Of March, 1881, at II o'clock
M, III 'front.' Of tho entrance 10 the Court Room
on Fairfax street, in the city Of Alexandra. Va
y TBAGl OF LAND in Fsrfax county, lying
Immediately on the Potomac river, three and
n.heli miles helcw Alexandra. ard Containing
lc;5 zcEc5. Inc lard is believed TO DO Of good
qIs!ity. OF easy acccss 10 market, while the
situation for beauty is not surpassed by shy on
tho river, commanding full view of tho cities
Of Alexandria and Washington and the sur
rounding country o. Maryland and Virginia.
FERNS Of Sale: Ono fourth Of the purchase
money in cash. The residue in three equal IL
slslmcn's p: six, twelve and eighteen months,
with Interest from Ga.o; tho bonds OF tho pur-
chaser 10 DO tskcn, with security, and the title
20 b r2tainod ultl o.! tho purchase money is
raio. II. Z. GLhUGHTON, ro,- 80
j. Il, LOVE, H"e'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-16

oIIVIL RIGHTS CASE DEcIDED.--In Tho o2sc
OF william q. Johrslp, c,!orcd. ssairs: the
fotHEac Earrg Company for vio'a',gn # inc
CIVIL rights law ID refusing TO csrry bin en- So
c2c1tslou forty niles down tho river eld re-
TURF, wax decided yesterday 10 Tho Washing
ton Circuit Court, BY the Jury loadcrins yer
d:ca fer the deterdari. The ferry company
altW:t that the boa: vas under clar:tr 1heu
TIC i:.a!u.!tf mas REUSED Q ticket,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-16
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPH NEWS
Diseased Perl.

RoNDOUT. N 7. F.t. lG VI bas # two
families banned B}yoo ard Fe,ter ct this city
hsv. heen made dsrecrtuslf sick hy eating
Whit ii supposed TO be diseased ptk Some
OF he sclie ucat which vas giyru 70 Two cats
by the FeIcr family killed tie oiaes. The
pork Uss purchased ia this cts, Ct dealer
Who said i. w44 raiaed in UlsserCo The synp
ton9 Ct the sick p.rsenS sro the Same az The
symptoms attending tricbiosi poisoning,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-16

DI$CuARGED.-Gao!ga N. Sulhvao, the book
agent alFfs:cd in th1 CITY On the lib usts1,
OF the charge Of ped Hing books wihcu. q
pro7or l;cciso end bai:od io The srm Of $3.50
Tor his oppaarGnco to enawcr tho charge, WIS
before tho Mayor this mor1iug. |: appearios
that tie said Sullivan did not SILL TIC books,
bus only delivered them to tho purchasers in
this city, be vas discharged. Mr.. a. w. Arm.
s.roDg appeared for the defendant.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-16
EiliIiSfS nf Hiasi'

LONDON, Feb. lG.-Tho Gales of st. Peters.
burg, received ia London BY mail, states that q
plot has been discovered to blow up the arsenal
at kletf, AID thero have been numerous srcerts,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-16
MurNer Of an EEyNlnrnr

LONDON, Feb. ia despatch to tho Nsss
from Alexandria states that Henri Lsz.ret, the
tfercl explorer of Africa, and all his SD
have been murdered by tho CALAIS trbe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-16
N5uSsulnsaD and Christian

FIctsIA, Feb i6-NeTs has bsea received
more from Begrout rs fellows: a Turk muir
derGd Christian On Sunday les! and number
OF Christians thertuoon ltf! town end want 10
tneir villages, where they worn net by Turks
crsufl
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-16

! Oh Z make your dinner complete By Try
!cG some Ct tic DELICIOUS GREEN PEAS which
HCBURNEY 4 Son have ust received
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-16
no Choice Vet,
Financial.

HARRISBURG. Pa, Fsb. 1G.-Tao 29!h bal
lot ttr u. s. Senator to day showed 20 oho:c}.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-16

HQRS. OLD DOM. COMFY, No. II, K. n.
- January Is, 1881,
The officers OF Old Dominion Commsnda,v
will meet st tho Asylum on THURSDAY
EVENING next the 18th instant, to rehesr:a
the work Of The order. a full attendance is do.
sired.
The regulsr conclsve Of the Comm nderv vii,
be held on Monday evening. tie 2lss instant. Of
which TINA the order of the red cross viii bo
conferred. BY order of thn Z. e.: ~
febla-2i j. 4 ALEXANDER. Re,ordar
WANTGu-A WHITE MAN TO wort .,
how 10 milk. ""o"
feb1i-eu2H GEORGE MACON
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-16

3ls> \ .eel!s, meeting Of tho San Fire Com.
.iy will be held st the Friendship II all Thurso
day, February 18th, ST Il o'clock p m.
/. T. W. DEgToN, Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-16

Corporation CoURT-Juagc j. w. ChNon
presiding -Naor vs.. Cook; charosry. De-
| cree dissolvirg INJUNCTION without pfejuiiCe. to
defendant, to institute proceedings on the 10
JUNCTION bend. Court adjourned to o2urt 10
course.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-16

.1Vi TIE bEi ms. I 10 N001lrR, Uutter aud
lin Spou: aud I'll work repaired promptly, by
STANsBURY & BRo.
he BEST home manufactured Tin Ware
aa1 l0uscturnishiag Goods can DO found at
STANsEJnY's Central S!ovo House. corner
kiog anl Washington srn@te. (McBurney' s
Hai'dias)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-16

Gas Old Sores. Ulcers. or any dslasa ayis.
ltg !:.!9 impuc J20oA-say- S. S. s.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-16

DECLINED consequence Of o. h2r engage
mcns % tho c1micg I'D Of February, Mr..
VIM. i. 3a:uo has boon Obliged to dccilno the
Invitation 70 rcad Woshiag.o Farewell AL
Gcasa - ilin caichrciinn Of that dnr
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-16

Fro al.y0r went to Washington this morning
n compliance with Z rtques, OF tho Committed
"a Public Property, 20 have sn interview with
th2 Commissioners o! tia District in regard 10
10 matter, and the whole question will proba-
~ &c lad ba!c:c the next meeting Ct Council.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-08-31
A Specimen of Carlrle,s Talk.

The public, he said, has become gigantic
jackass; literature a glittering lie; science
was groping aimlessly amidst the dry, dead
CHATTER of the machinery by which it means
the universe; art welding feeble, watery
pencil history stumbling over dry bones, in a
valley no longer of vision; philosophy li~ping
and babbling exploded absurdities, mixed with
new nonsence about the Infinite, the Absolute
and Eternal our religion great truth groan-
ing its last; truth, justice, God, turned big,
staring, empty words, like the address on the
sign, remaining after the house was abandon
ed, or like the envelope after the letter had
been extracted, drifting down the wind.
"And what men we have to meet the crisis
Sir Walter Scott, toothless retailer of old
wives fables; Brougham an eternal grinder of
commonplace and pretentiods noise, like a
man playing hurdy- gurdy; Coleridge, talk
ing in a maudlin sleep an infinite deal of moth
ing; Wordsworth, STOPPING to extract a
spiritual catsup from mushrooms which were
little better than toadstools; John Wilson,
taking to presiding at Noctes, and painting
haggises in flood; the Bishops and clergy of
all denominations combined to keep men in
state of pupilage, that they may be kept in
port wine and roast beef; politicians full of
cant, insincerity and falsehood; Peel, paus-
.blc iux; John Wilson Crocker, an unhanged
hound Lord John Russell, a turnip of good
pedigree; Lord Melbourne, monkey these
be thy gods, 0 Isreal Others occupied in
undertakings as absurd as to seek to suck the
moon out of the sky; this wind-bag yelping
for liberty 10 the negro, and that other for the
Improvement of prisons-all sham and impos-
ture together a giant lie-which may soon go
down in hell-fire."
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-08-31
Age of the Earth.

The age of the earth is placed by some at
five hundred million years, by others one
hundred million of years, and still others, of
later time, among them the Duke of Argyle,
place it at ten million years. None place it lower
than ten millions, knowing what processes
it has gone through. Other planets go through
the same process. The reason that other
planets differ so much from the earth, is that
they are in a much earlier or later stage of
existence. The earth must become old New
ton surmised, although he could give no rea-
son for it, that the earth would in time lose
all its water and become perfectly dry. Since
then it has been found Newton was correct.
AS the earth keeps cooling it will become
porous, and great cavities will be formed in
the interior which will take the water. 1t is
estimated that this process is now in progress,
so far that the water diminishes at about the
rate of the thickness of sheet of writing
paper each year. At this rate, in 5000, 900
years the water will have sunk mile, and in
100000 years every trace of water will
have disappeared from the globe. The nitro
gen and oxygen in the atmosphere are also
diminishing all the time. 1t is in an inappre-
ciable degree, but the time will come when
the air will be so thin that no creature we
know could breathe it and live; the time will
come when the world cannot support life.
That will be the period of old age, and then
will come death.-Richdrd Proctor.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-08-31
The Zion and the Jaelrals-A Fable.

One day a troupe of Jackals were aston
ished beyond measure at the appearance OF q
Lion in their midst, and their surprise could
not be imagined when his countenance as
sumed pleasant expression, and he remarked
Friends, have come to settle among you
and be a neighbor. l want to be friendly
with each and every one and think well Of all,
and 1 trust we shall dwell in harmony"
"Hooray for the Lion Hurrah for the old
man-killerP" cheered the Jackals, and they
were tickled to death at their good luck.
But the Lion had hardly got his den in
order when Que of the Jackals came sneakiDg
in and began:
"I-I-that is-delicate subject, you know
embarrassed, you see-ah-hun."
"My friend, if you have anything to say to
me, be at your ease," replied the Lion.
"Well 1 simply want to drop you hint.
Don't be too sweet on John Jackal. His great
grandfather was banished for cause, and his
wife's second cousin is wall-eYed william"
The Lion received the information without
remarks, and the caller went away, chuckling
over the idea that he had sowsd good seed.
Next day second Jackal APPEARED, beat a
round the bush for while, and then observed
al feel it my duty to warn you against Joe
Jackal, who lives over the creek. He beats
his wife, cheats bis neighbors, and is double
back-action hypocrite by the watch"
Soon another appeared with similar story
about some one else in the community, and in
course of a fortnight the Lion felt it his duty
10 call public meeting. When the Jackals
had gathered around him he said:
g 1 find, by your own statements, that you
are community of thieves, liars, deadbeats
and swindlers, and henceforth you can fight
Sneaks, skulks and vagabonds, farewell !"
MoRAL.- He who tries to climb up by pull
ling his neighbor down makes poor Roadway.
Detroit FIRES Press.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-08-31
MANILA CORDAGF

BOILER LINsEED OIL IN BBIs.
~ and gallon Raw Paint Oil the pure linsced
For sale By BOLLES 4 Co =
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-08-31

Il Lead Hubbuek's Lead. Hubbucks Zinc,
Nerdigris, Black Paint, Chrome Green,
Chrome Yellow. Paris Green, and
Full assortment Of Fancy Paints.
For sale BY BOLLES Co.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-08-31

PROYISION

WDRIME PORK EXTRA NESS BEEF IN
barrels Extra Family Beef in half barrels. Extra
Pig Pork in u. y and y barrels Butter IN % ID kegs
and ID glass jars Hams and Bacon (extra nicel Lard
For Sale BY BOLLEs Co
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-08-31

A FULL AssORTMENr OF SIZES FRoM
- six thread 10 i've inch.
2 sis BOLLEs co.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-08-31
ED IINSEFD PAINT ON.

~ Raw Llnseed Paint Oil. Wanened the pure Article
Lard Oil, for Lubrcating. Cases Of Spirit Tur-
Pentne. Atlantic Lead. In packages Of / 10. and
upwards or % lbs. Paint Brushes in great
variety. All Of which will be sold At Prices By
2h q uOII.Ea a co
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-08-31
BLOCKS AND MAST HOOPS

RUTTER AND CHEESE,
IL Received by the City Of sydney For sale By
BOLLEs 4 Coz
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-08-31
NASE GOODS.


~ large assortment Of Fruits Meats Fish
HOLSTERS, CLANS, Oysters, Shrimps &C..
st received, and for sale BY BOLLEs a Co.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-08-31

GONE VERY ZINE SAMPLES.
- Ex Kalakaua. for sale by BOLLEs A. co
March 49, 1851. * %
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-08-31
SALMON.
DAINTs AND OILs.-ATLANTIC

COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON IN BARRELS
~ and half barrels, Canned Salmon and 10 tins.
BOLI.EQ A ca
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-08-31

IT LNII OOIDAUL- AN y BULL hUTE-
Al AssORTMENT OF SIZES FROM Ia
~ inch TOT inch Also, Spunyarn, Seizing Ratlin,
Houseline, Marline, Rounding, &C.
5f8 BOIIES Il ca
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-08-31
GROCERIES.

II e5rh. Butter In Jars and Kers Coco -.
Assorted Table Fruits. Canned Meats Jams ana 1.iit
Honey n Glass; Pickles Kegs Of Pickles, vegetables
and caddies Of Finest Tea sardines IN az and III bo
Keg Sugar. Bfir 20 = , el7,'-
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-08-31
Per City Of sydnev.

90 BAGS FIRST QUALITY POTA-
toes. Bags Silverskin Onions
California Dairy Butter, Ia 90 lbs kevs "a a ~,
:, 1lass yars. put up Expressly for our Trade -
IIas ,L Soansn' 6oneiess Codfsh, Eastern Hama
IN 10 boxes- Comet Oolong Tea 8 10 b-rr-
salmon Prot Bread, Crackers, and Cake. ncdis,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-08-31

DATENT IRON STRAPPED Hr.oc7xa
y Metallic Iron Strapped Blocks, Patent Bnrbins
Plain Bushing, full assortment Of sizes
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-08-31
By TIE LATEST ARRIVALS
Greatest Assortment of Gnnda

heps on these Islands al Of which win Be sold Al The
Lowest Market Prices. as usual. Our frendr snI ~
public generally are respectfully invited 70 ersins
oln HOrTEg y ~
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-12-29
A Judges Charge, with Variations

The following comes from Georgia,
and Its accuracy is vouched for by the
stenographer who took it down.
Judge --- was noted for the way he
got mixed in his charges to the Jury.
On one occasion case was tried before
him the points of which may be briefly
stated thus: Smith brought suit against
Jones upon promissory note given
for horse. Jones defense was failure
of consideration, he averrng that at
the time of the purchase the horse had
the CHAMBERS, of which he died, and that
Smith knew it, Smith replied that the
horse did not have the CHAMBERS, but
had the distemper, and that Jones knew
IT when he bought.
The Judge charged the jury Gen.
tlenen of the jury, pay attention to the
charge of the Court. You have already
made one mis-trial of this case because
you did not pay attention to the charge
of the Court, and / don't want YOU to
do it again, intend to make it so clear to
yon this time that you can not possibly
make any mistake. This suit is upon
note given for nromissory horse. |
hope you understand that. Now, il
you find that at the time of the sale
Smith had the CHAMBERS, and Jones knew
its Jones can not recover. That is clear,
gentlemen. | will state il again. If
You find that at the time of the sale
Jones had the distemper, and Smith
knew it, then Smith can not possibly
recover. But, gentlemen, will state
1t third time, so that you can not pos
sibly make a mistake. If at the time
of the sale Smith had the CHAMBERS, and
Jones had the distemper, and the horse
knew it, then neither Smith, Jones nor
the hsrse can recover. Let the record
be plNen To the inrvn
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-12-29
Saddle Horses and Saddle Cats.

Says the National Lire-Stock Journal
There is an increasing demand of late
for GOD saddle horses, and many of
the Iairs this season are paying much
more attention than formerly to this
class The gaits that especially COM
mend horse for use in the saddle are
the walk, the fox trot, the single foot
and the rack. The walk is gait I'M
derstood by everybody, but everybody
does not understand that good saddle
horse ought to be able to go a square
walk at the rate Of five miles an hour.
The fox trot is faster than the square
walk, and the horse will usually take a
few steps at this gait when changing
from a fast walk to trot. The single
foot differs somewhat from, the fox trot,
and has been described rs exactly in
termediate between the true trot and
the true walk Each foot appears to
move independently of each other, with
q sort of pit-a-pat, one-at-a-time mo-
ton, and it is much faster gait than
the fox trot The rack is very nearly
allied to the true pacing gait, the differ
ence .being that in the latter the hind
foot keeps time with the fore foot of
the same side, making it what has been
called literal or one-side-at-a-time
motion, while in the former the hind
foot touches the glound slightly in ad-
vance of the fore foot on the same side.
The rack is not so fast gait as the
true pace, but it is very desirable gait
in q saddle horse.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-12-29
Hygienic Value Of Mirth.

Mirth has an hygienic value that can
hardly be oyerrated while our social
HE remains what the slavery of vices
and dogmas has made it. Joy has been
called the sunshine of the heart, yet
TIE same sun that calls forth the
flowers Of q plant is also needed to ex-
pand It's leaves and ripen its fruits;
and without the stimulus of exhilara-
ting pastimes perfect bodily health is
as impossible as moral and mental
vlgor. And as sure as a succession of
uniform crops will exhaust the best
soil, the daily repetition of a monoto-
nous occupation will wear out the best
man. Body and mind require an oc-
casional change of employment, or else
liberal supply of fertlizing recrea-
tons, and this requirement is factor
whose commission often foils the arith-
metic of our political economists. To
the creatures of the wilderness Attic
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-12-29

ton comes geneally in the form of i'm
pending danger-famine or persistent
persecution; and under such circum-
stances the notifications of the vital
process seem to Operate against its
long continuance; we'll wishing ma
ture sees her purpose defeated, and
the vital energy flags, the sap of life
runs to seed. On the same principle
and ex:stance of joyless drudgery seems
to drain the springs of health even at
an age when they can draw upon the
largest inner resources; hope, to often
batfied, at last withdraws her aid the
tongue may be attuned to canting
hymns of consolation, but the heart
can not be deceived, and with its sink
ing pusse the strength of life GIBBS
away. Nlne-tenths of our city children
are literally starving for lack of recrea-
ton: not the means of life, but its OBJ
Ject, civilization has defrauded them of;
they feel want which bread can only
aggravate, for only hunger helps them
to forget the misery of e7,aui. Their
pallor is the sallow hue of cellar
plant; they would be healthier if they
were happier. | would undertake to
cure sickly Child with fun and rye
bread sooner than with tidbits and te-
dium.-Popul1r Science Monthly,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-12-29
A Rich Convict.

The Oldest and doubtless the richest
convict in the Ohio penitentiary lie
Horace Brooks, aged segenty-four
years, whose long Imprisonment is like
ly soon to be terminated by large rose
cancer which has appeared upon lis
forehead. He was received at the pen
itentiary Nov. 10, 1850, under a life
sentence for murder in the second de-
gree, and has therefore been in the pris-
on thirty-one years, He owned farm
in the suburbs of Cleveland, through
which a railroad passed. The cars ran
over and killed some of his sheep, and
to avenge this injury Brooks INSTRUCTED
the track, threw off a train, and killed
five persons, he was indicted tor MUIR
der by the grand jury of Cayahoga
county, tried in the courts OF that
county, and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for life. At the time of his con-
viction he was wealthy man, and the
property he then owned has become
extremely valuable, having since be-
come part of the city of Cleveland.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-12-29
The Fittest.

When the Atlantic express train over
other day, Detroit commercial tray
eler boarded the train, to find every
seat taken. In the centre of one coach,
one seat was occupied by two satchels,
and another by an overcoat and hat,
while the owner of the articles was in
the smoking-car. The Detroiter gath
cred up all the baggage and placed it
on the wood-box and occupied the
seats with his own, and had just got
comfortably settled when the late occu-
pant returned from his smoke. He
saw what had transpired, and he was
white with anger as he began
Who moved my baggage
" | did" was the prompt reply.
"Sir, represent the wholesale crock
cry mouse of Blank & Blank, New
York. and | I"
| knew it-saw your name on the
baggage" interrupted the other.
" Haven't you seen the papers to-
day ?"
No, sir p
al thought not. Well, your house
has failed for S2SS, 000-can't pay
twenty cents on the dollar-bad bust
no time for you to spread over two
seats-crowd in somewhere, or stand
by the stove, and when we get to De-
triot III help you get a pass home.
Sorry for you, and ali that, but our
house is rated A |, has a reserve of
seventy-fve Thousand dollars in mort.
cages, and the survival of the tittest is
a principle older than the hills. Have
cigar?"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-12-29

in the lamp and make an explosive
mixture, and if the lamp were over
turned or broken, the oil would not
take fire. The standard which has
generally been adopted by law as a
safe one, fixes the flashing at 100 de-
grees Fab, or higher. Prof. Chandler.
president of the New York City board
OF health, says. "Out of 1856 samples
of Kerosene oil tested by me, unly 2S
were really safe, all the rest evolving
inhammable vapor below 100 degrees
Fab" In his paper on the tempera
ture of oil in lamps, DR.. Chandler has
shown that in some cases the tenlpera-
!ure of their contents often rises above
100 degrees Fab.