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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-03-11
LOCAL. NEWS.

Causcn SERVICES, &c.. Tomorrow
Eirta Church. Service at II q. 10. by Rev.
Ii. Su;cr az: at 7.3o D. n. By Rev. c. j. 8.
MsGc. 3
81. Pals Church. -Scryic, at II g. m.
b. E.g. Di. Norton and at t p. N. c1nfim,-
uoa By r.. R.v. L. NJ. White, DID.
trace Ghurch.-SarVios at ii q. m. by
Rev. II T. Sharp. Confirmation q. 7:3O ..
n, By Bi,hop Whittlo.
81. MaJy's Church. ass at 7 q. NJ. Fl gh
Nlssa aud sermon at II o. N. BY Rev. Father
U3W0t'. Vespsrs at .. 70.
first Presbyterian Church Service 8! II q.
q, w Rev. h Wnittlesev.
,Sso0na Presbyterian Ctuch-SeTvico OF IL
:. II. snd 1880 D. N. By Rsv. MIR. Hollis.
Of Front Rye
Eapttst Characteristics st IL 3. m. and
1:3J p. n. by Rev. L f. HutsoD, Of Richmond.
Sunday School q. $50 a. co.
Meth Ep&. Wuch-SerVic, G. IL q. m.
by R:s. l.. Ii. Psasoo. SerVio, also a!7:3O
p, n
Meth. Epis. Church South No service.
Meth. f0t. Ghurch-5erv;c, e. | a. N. and
$50 .. n. By Rev b L. Bebsoo.
Free Methodist Ctouch-Sery!co at a. N.
AMI $50 .. N.
Gsrm1n Lutheran Uturch -Sa.vic, ct IL
a. IN IN German, By RoV. Mi Droego.
Young .aen's christian Association. Service
@! song and prayer in tbs Fra. Presbyterian
Church at 4:S0 p. n; Jail at . p. n. Aims
llouse at $50 D. III.
gospel Temperance Meeting of tho Refo,m
& ub at ! p, H., coutuc;ed oy RsV d.. Hippo.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-03-11
Advertising Cheats.

It has become 80 common to write the begin:
ming OF an elegant, Interesting article and tnen
run it into come advertisement, that We avoid
al such cheats and simply call attention to the
merits Ct Hop Btters in ss plain honest terms
as possible. to inducs people to give them ono
trisl. as no one who knows their value will ever
use anything else.-Prouidcncc Advertiser.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-03-11
"BLACK-DRAUGHT" makes chills
ans fever impossible.
For asle by Z. :. Lesdbeatsr s. Bro
a Losing Joke.

a prominent physician Of Pittsbalg said jokir G
~ to l,dg patient who WAS com planning of her
continued Ill health and OF / i, inability to cure
her, TRY Hop Bittersl" The lsdy took it in ear.
neat and used the Bi.ters, from which she OBJ.
tanned permanent health. She now laughs ct
pleased with it, IS it ccs. him good patient -
HarrisbMrlh Patriot.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-03-11
HoUsRFJRaIsEEHe GoODs.
China, Glass and QueAnswarp


we are i3% oFeniDg Gu. stock OF goods for
TIE SPRING TRADE
ltem the mslufac.ories in EngIsud and F,s,os
coz p5isins IL fart English. French and Porce.
tain tl2nef and Tes Sets Eu.nivsl & Sons eel.
osA!ea Printed and ERameled Dinner Sals in
MnS1 Soio;a INCLUDING the veil known FOR
s e Dst!esI in CRAABER SETS. Gus
fADORES. TEE SETS, &c. WV
pd M J0htCA, in endless variety; Pitchers.
pouGh BASKETS. leo Cream sess, Plstes Salad
T nGWis' butter Dishes, Cusradores, Flower Pots'
a anina Bnttete, Ice Cream Saucels, Teapots,
,,o Atu'lline cfGLassWARH CT svefy descrit-
81, IA a. MpS. Lamp Goo1s. Chinneys Goblets
ana IGmblers. cut sad PLATA. 0''
AogesS B'os'R: Plated Coos in Css.ors
spoons, RAVES, FORKS, Butter Knives, Sc.
Out s:ocS IS now complete, and we would bs
purchasing elsewhere. - De''fe
mnI-3m 6. j. MILIER 10
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-03-11

Don't OVERLOOK THIS NoTICE.-Great
downfall in prices at |. EIOnBERG's this week.
Fer particulars call ard Investigate. mtG-lw
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-03-11

REIG!oUs.-Rt. Rev. Il. NJ. Whit!ls. d. d.,
Gil ciedac: Confirmation services 10 Uh,iit
Ghaioh tonight ct 7.3O D. No.; in s.. Paul's
G5afch tom rr0w ST .. m.. and 10 Grace
Uhuroa tomorrow night al 100 o'clock.
R:v. J. II. P.sroa. formerly Of this city, bnt
row tf Bll inorc, will preach in tbs NJ. T..
Church t. norrow. Bisnop Simpson. now pre-
sGDg ever III, Nj. i. Conference ct Manassas,
I'll preach ia the Same church Monday plight.
lev. L. +. Benson. another preacher former
" stationed here. will preach ia the Methods.
Protestant Church tC-norr0w.
Interesting meetings have baeu contifusd
during he week 10 the Baptist Church. Rev.
Mr.. HEtsoD hss preached soma sti;ritg sc,m DOS
and il one OF he mos. c,Dcl5e prcaourrs oyer
heard ia this ty.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-03-11

The GREAT RUsH AT I. EIcHBURG's.-
CaIaofue fer this walk too ruuerCus to men.
ton. Domestic, Staple srd Fancy Goods from
a. asGgueo's s4la to be sold at sactfios.-
Call AID examine. mar6.lW
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-03-11

For roacrsl rse. RIVERSIDE PURIFIED
WHlsKEY is recou ue1Ged; price So per gallon.
GEO. MCBURNEY g. Son, Agents.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-19
Religious News and Notes.


An institution for the training of mis-
sionaries, called Selwyn College, has
been established in Cambridge, Eng
land.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
proposes to raise fund of $25, 900 for
the building of chapels in Sweden and
Norway
English missionaries have station
at Ooshovia, Terra del Fuego. In
climate the place corresponds with
Iceland.
The Southern Presbyterian Church
appears to be gaining faster in cities
than in the country. In seventeen
cities its net gain in five years has been
ten per cent in the country, eight per
cent.
The Virginia Annual Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church was
held at Charlottesville recently, Bishop
McTyeire presiding. The reports pro-
sented show the following to be the
condition of the church in the State :
Local preachers, 1853; white members,
57,371 colored members, 1876; infants
baptized, 1851 adults baptized, zoos |;
Sunday-schooIs, $40; teachers, 1921,
and scholars, 42,OO6. The contribu-
tions for all purposes during the past
year amounted to $251, 1871; an
increase of $8,s9S over the year before.
The sum of $45, 1888 81 was devoted to
the work of building and repairing
churches.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-19
A Famous Miser.

Vandille, remarkable Frenc b miser,
was at one time mayor Of Boulogne,
and while in that position partly main
tained himself by being faster
general at the market while munching
scrap of bread he would partake of
gratuitous draughts. He always travelled
to Paris on foot, and, fearful lest he
should be robbed, took good care never
to have more than three-pence in his
pocket; if he needed more money, he
begged on the road. Bysuch methods,
and lending money to the French gov
eminent, he made fortune of 1850, 600,
sprung from single shilling.
During the very cold winter Of 1884
he found it necessary to purchase some
extra fuel, and endeavored to beat down
the wood merchant in his price. The
man drove off, and Vandille stole few
logs from the back of the cart. In
fastening away with them, he became
oyer-heated and contracted bad fever.
he sent for the surgeon, telling him he
wanted to be bled. AS the surgeon
charged half live, which he thought
too much, barber was called in, who
agreed to open Vein for three-pence.
ssBut, friend" said the cautious miser,
chow often will it be requisite to bleed
me? p "Three times" replied the
barber. "Three times. And, pray
what quantity Of blood do you intend
to take from me at each operation P'
"About eight ounces each time" 'sThat
will be ninepence too much too
much I know cheaper way take
the whole twenty-four ounces at once,
and that will save me sixpencel" |" He
saved his sixpence, but lost his life.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-19
Man.
Man was made in dry weather.
He was made of dust.

Man was made in dry weather.
He was made of dust.
Quite number have never recovered
from their creation; they are still dry.
It's mans nature to be discontented.
Adam had monopoly, but he could
not be happy without some one to crow
over.
For while he knocked around over
the Garden Of Eden, and then went to
the house, but he had to cook his own
supper; there was no stove wood
chopped, and things were in bad shape
generally.
The next morning it was the same
way. He had to make his own bed and
sweep out. His socks were dirty, and
his arm would 60 through hole in the
sleeve. So he was dissatisfied.
The next night when he went to
sleep the Creator punished him BY
making one of his ribs into woman
great misfortune to the race.
It has been six thousand years since
that rib was lost, and yet man continues
feeling for it.
This is feeling subject.
Pursuit in this case is said to be
sweeter than possession.
A fop is male who is ashamed of his
sex, and attempts to conceal the fact
that hesis man.
Concealment in such cases is attended
with but little trouble. II is only
necessary to part his hair in the mid
die.
The family man resembles the oyster
on the half she'll
The she'll is known at home-th soft
side abroad.
Some men carry this resemblance ir
their faces. Many men have counte
nances like oysters.
Job is said to have been very pa
tient man.
He had boiIs all over him.
Men now boil all over themselves
when the preacher reaches thirteenth
ly' on hot day and never think Of th,
grandeur Of Jobs example.
II is natural for man To disregard ]
good example.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-19
A Troubled Corpse.

The theft of the body of the late Earl
of Balcarres from the family tomb near
Aberdeen has recalled the singular sue
cession of difficulties under which it
was removed from Florence. The body
was placed within three cofins, the in
ner one being of soft Italian wood, the
middle one of lead and the outer one of
oak. In her solicitude for the safe con-
veyance of the remains Of her husband,
the Dowager Countess gave instructions
that acasket of walnut should be made
within which the three coffins were
deposited. On the top of the casket
was cross carved in high relief. The
conveyance Of the remains across the
Alps was work of very great difficulty,
but under the care of the confidential
servant of the deceased they reached
France in safety. A small steamer was
chartered to convey the body to London,
and she encountered such violent gale
in crossing the Channel that the coffin
had to belashed on deck. The removal
to Aberdeen was safely effected, but
here another difficulty presented ITSELF
No hearse large enough to receive the
outer coffin could be procured, and the
outer shell had to be removed. It was
however deposited afterward in the
crypt alongside the threeS collins in
which the remains were encased. On
the day that the body was removed from
Aberdeen to Dunecht one of the most
violent snow storms ever experienced in
Scotland broke out, and to such depth
did the snow accumulate that on the
return journey the hearse was imbedded
by the wayside, and remained fol-
several days in the snowbefore it could
be removed to Aberdeen, and the men
who accompanied it suffered great hard
ship.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-19
VOLUME ".
Nothing Left.

Nothing left !" the message read.
Ger the wires that swiftly sped.
Nothing left" The empty walls
Tottering stand. Ashadow falls
On the home that yesterday
Seemed sure, unchanging stay;
But to-day can nevermoe
Welcome give from hall or door.
Nothing left" Long years of toll,
Lingering days of ca-e and mol,
Bravely met each one token
OF hope now crushed and broken,
For the days to come can never
Give back youth and youths endeayor;
And the soul OF all bereft,
Sits in darkness, nothing left"
Nothing left2 Oh, heart of mine
Out of darkness, stars still shine.
Walls have fallen, but strong and sure
The foundations yet endure.
Build again, with truer skill,
Fairer walls and roof and sill;
From the ruins let there rise
Temples nearer to the skies.
And each soul howe'er bereft
Knows that always something's left.
Helen Campbell in Chr istion Cn;t,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-19

| Walter Emslie needs no answer to
his question, and it is with almost q
sob that he lifts his little brother,
his only living relative and the sole
companion Of his lonely home. and bears
him to the house, Madge following
without word.
When they reached the house SER
want was Immediately dispatched for
the old family doctor.
The girls low sobbing is the only
sound that breaks the silence of the
sick-room, until the arrival of the ply
sician.
"The child needs woman near
him." he says, sadly. "Mr. Emslie will
be kind, but the mother-want will be
sadly felt. Johnnie seems to love you,
Miss Greyson; cannot you remain 9'
And Madge. sobbing out that it is all
her fault, and that she will do anything
to atone, is instituted nurse, and the
youth of Elmshore given long holiday.
Contented, since Madge is near,
Johnnie sinks into light slumber, his
little hand closing fast on hers, and it
is not till then that Madge turns to look
at her fellow watcher.
There is something in the dark, hand
some face bent SO eagerly toward her
that makes her flush and turn quickly
away, for in the master of Elmhurst,
she recognizes the unknown admirer
who has shown his devotion respect
fully, yet SO unmistakably, that he has
taken strong hold of her girlish fancy.
Through days and weeks of uncer-
tainty, when the brave little heart has to
battle hard for life, Madge and Walter
watch together, coaxing the tiny spark
of lingering life into flame, and these
two. united for the time by their love
for the child, grew united for all eternity
by their love for each other.
1t is not until one bright morning
when the sun rises fairer than ever
before. because the death angel has
fed with the night, and Johnnie is still
with them, that Madge acknowledges
even to herself that the girls fancy has
ripened INTO all the glory of woman's
love.
"I must leave here" she thinks sit
is wrong for me to stay. Johnnie.
dear Johnnie, you must let me CO."
And then she turns quickly away and
says not another word, for the pleading
look on theface of the motherless child
sadly tries her resolution.
"You will leave me2 Oh, ,schoolma'am,
please don't. Make her stay, Walter,
make her stay and be my sister; won't
you, please, make her my sister 2"
Hush, Johnnie; he can't, DEAR"
cries Madge, witha burning blush.
Begging Miss Greyson's pardon,
Johnnie, I not only can, but will" and
Walter laughs ioyously as he bends to
the little downcast face.
Mr.. Elmslie ovsrrates his power"
answers Madge, proudly, and at the
words all the mischief dies out of
Walter EImslie's eyes, and in its place
comes such love and longing that
even she cannot withstand him.
"Do you mean that, Madge-do you
really mean it ? Oh, darling. have I
indeed oyerrated my happiness? Have
l found you at last, my love, only to let
You go?'
And whatever the soft spoken answer,
it must have been the right one, for
when the golden head is lifted from
Walter Elmslie's shoulder. Johnnie says,
contentedly:
"You will always let me call you
'schoolma'am, won't you, even when
you are my sisterY'
"And my wife" adds Walter, proudly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-19
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Mr.. Stone, English astronomer at the
Cape of Good Hope, has just completed
his great catalogue Of Southern stars,
the result of ten years labor at the
cape.
There is thought to be danger in
using fruit-cans with zinc tops, in con-
sequence of the formation of poisonous
salts by the action Of acids in the fruit
upon the zinc.
Some parasitic plants, like the COM
mon dodder, begin life m the earth,
but afterwards attach themselves to
plants. Others, like the mistletoe, are
never found except in . parasitic state.
The colors which distinguish our
summer and autumn fora reds, pinks,
blues and yellows-are caused by the
presence of substances which require q
strong light and high temperature for
their production.
MIR. 7. L. Phipson, from certain ex-
periments, infers the existence in COM
naercial zinc of a new metallic element,
to which he gives the name actinium.
on account of certain actinic phenomena
connected with it.
Some people have come TO believe
that salting or smoking will kill trichi-
nae, but temperature of 212 degrees
F., or at least $50 degrees should be
reached in every part of the meat to
bring about this result.
After severe earthquake it has been
observed that many heavy bodies, such
as obelisks and chimneys, have more or
less rotated. One explanation is that the
center of friction OF the base does not
coincide with the geometrical center.
1t was at one time supposed that
among twining plants each had it's own
direction, some twining toward the sun
and others against it; but, though the
theory is true in the main, there are
found occasional exceptions to the
rule.
In France alone the money value OF
the animals which have died from
splenic fever has been $4,000, 600 q
year. Professor Pasteur's system of
vaccination has been proven perfect
safeguard against loss from this disease.
Of this great discovery Professor Hux-
ley says SIT fully balances the ransom
of $1,OOO,OOO,OOO paid by France to
Ger many after the war of 1901"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-19

A reporter who visited the Cincin.
natl Geological Gardens to take a look
at the animals in their winter quarters
describes the following scene
''Now. we'll have some fun" said the
colonel, as one Of the attendants came
up with large cage full of rats, young,
old, black and gray. There were twenty
eight in all, fat, sleek, sharp-eyed,
yicious-looking fellows. They moved
restlessly about in the cage, as if certain
of some impending fate, while Scotch
terrier dog followed, yelping, bounding
and bowling, as much as to say, "Let
me at EN-" We entered the reptile
department. There were twenty-five
snakes, as handsome and glossy-looking
fellows as one has seen in many day.
They lay coiled up in the sand OF
wrapped together in heaps in the corner,
while two vicious-looking rattle
snakes-one a common. and the other
a diamond rattlesnake-were amusing
themselves thrusting out their fangs at
fly that buzzed just near enough not
to be caught. There were some black
snakes, few copperheads, couple Of
splitting vipers and pair Of common
house-snakes in the lot.
Whether it was the disappointed bark
of the Scotch terrier or the smell
peculiar to the rats that alarmed the
snakes cannot be said, but no sooner
had the attendant with the cage Of rats
crossed the threshold of the door than
every snake was up and on his ear. The
way they uncoiled and darted round,
over and under each other, the rattle
snakes coiling round and round in a
spiral coil. the copperheads darting
from eide to side, the vipers raising
their heads as if standing on their tails,
and even the common house-snakes
crawling through the sand on their cage
floor with a sort OF childish vivacity.
Opening hole in the top of the cage,
the rats were poured in. Some of them
never touched the floor of the cage.
The rattlesnakes viciously darsed and
struck them, the copperheads and black
snakes wound round and round their
writhing bodies and squeezed them to
death, the splitting vipers threw their
poisoned venom and blinded them,
while the house-snakes opened their
mouths, and not minding whether it
was head first or tail first proceeded to
swallow those that the others had killed.
The rats showed fight, and bit at their
enemies, but none Of them got even q
bite or drew drop OF blood. 1t was a
genuine feast for the snakes, but it was
sorry day for the rats. The most
amazing part was, though there were
rats enough for all the snakes and eight
to spare, yet two of the house-snakes
got hold of huge rat which a copper
head had crushed to death, and one
began the deglutition business at the
tail, the other at the opposite side Of
the cage commenced operations at the
head. The rat slowly moved due east
and due west, and the snakes mouths
were within half an inch Of each other.
The moment was a critical one, as it
was evident neither would give up,
though they swallowed on until dooms-
day. "Hold on said the Colonel, "1'll
play Solomon on them" and seizing a
small, sharp hatchet he cut the rat in
two, and each snake swallowed his por,
tion, apparently happy and contented.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-19

Visitors to Morocco find the country
and its people marvelously strange and
fresh. Theirs "are the rain and sur
shine and the ways of an old wisdom by
our world forget" Nowhere can man
be more conscious of the mere Joy o.
living nowhere be more impressed
with the vanity aud tedium OF much
that European civilization considers in
dispensable to the interest of life. From
the hour you set foot in the country the
present moment seems SO full of de-
light that there is but the smallest
desire to project life into anticipation.
Time ceases to exist, or at least to be of
any account. It must be admitted,
however, that the disposition Of every.
body in this lazy, lotus eating land to
act on this is at times little trouble
some. You have arranged to make an
excursion to town in the interior you
have fixed the day for starting-after
having found that it must not be
Tuesday, for s'Tietsa feletsa /" {" On the
third day all falls y; nor on Friday,
for that is their Sabbath-you have
been promised guides and mules by
such time; but do not expect them
there; they will not come. You go to
the man with whom you have made
arrangements he is probably doing
nothing. and he has probably nothing
to say in answer to your complaint but
Please, Allah, tomorrow" Yet if
you manage to set out on the third day,
or before the week has run out, you
will have been treated fairly well. They
mean no neglect or disrespect; it is
only their "old world" way. Hence
their proyerb, "Once overthe thresh-
old the journeys half done" For
travelling, there are, of course, neither
carriages nor roads the roads so-called
are only collocations Of mules and camel
tracks. Till within two or three years
ago there was not single wheeled
vehicle in Morocco but now there are
known to be two-the one is a yellow
antediluvian gig, which the Sultan has
procured somehow or other, and which
figured some time ago in State pro-
cession, to the astonishment and delight
OF the spectators the other is Wheel
barrow which a gentleman recently took
to Mogador, and Of which the slalwart
Moor to whom it was consigned SO little
surmised the use that when he had filed
it with mortar according to instructions,
he promptly shonldered it aud strobe OF.
Travelling on mule back, however, in
the large well-padded saddles of the
country, with stirrups like slippers, is
no great hardship to either man or
woman, and the way is constantly be.
guiled by some fresh illustration Of
Moorish life and m anners; company
of noisy country-folk going to or COM
ing from market; a troop of horsemen
dashing past, with flowing white jelabs !;
the ghostly- looking, silent cavaIcade OF
an Arab sheik Of the plains, and his
harem swathed from view--all but, per
haps, one lustrous eye; the astonished
rustic girl, who hides her face; or the
toilsome, peasant dawdIing along be-
hind his aboriginal plow. A goat and
donkey may often be seen ked
| f0oakhar and q wornaY, bou baa,, \. =
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-19

The Humboldt (Cal) Times says that
man who was employed to hunt wild
animals that prey upon the sheep at
Mr.. Hansen's ranch, between Septem-
ber \ 1879, and October %, 1881. killed
181 beaFa, "a panthers, Isl wild cats,
LAB foxes, 361 coons, 8 coyotes, and Is
abld eagles.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-19

Mr.. John Sojourner. who, at the age
Of ninety-two, has just married Miss
Sarah McGee, Of about fifty, has been q
widower five times, although all his
season Of widowerhood put together
does not amount to one year. He has
been church member for eighty years,
and is still sprightly and vigorous.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-01-19

There is superstition among Penn
sylvania coal miners that II any person
whistles in mine some disaster is sure
to follow. The theory is that whistling
drives away the good luck spirit, leav-
ing the miners to the mercy Of spirits
Of evil. A whistler was lately mobbed
il Lackawanna mine.