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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-12-18

CHRISTMAS GOODS. Many of the enter
prising merchants of Alexandria have this
year laid in unusually large stocks Of goods
suited for gifts and other holiday purposes
and il humber ofthem have awaited them
selves of the columns Of the GAZETTE TO
make known this fact to the public, whom
they expect to visit their establishments.
We can commend to our readers all the bus
mess houses whose advertisements appear
elsewhere and assure all lockers for holiday
presents etc, that they can find what they
want ut all the establishments referred to-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-12-18

NEW GOODS.-Received to-day: English.
IN French German and American Colognes and
Extracts; Hair Brushes; vaseline Cold Cream
Vaseline Camphor; Ice and Vaseline CONNECTION
for Coughs and Colds also Vaseine Ponlade I'M
surpassed as delightful dressing for the hair.
dec13 JANNEY & co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-12-18

nod LIVER OIL, Camms Emulsion, Bakers
~ do, Sharp & Dohme's do, Moller's do. SCOTS
do, Murdocks Food, Hubbel's Prepared Wheat,
Mellin's Food, Ncstle's Milk Food, Corn Starch,
Cox's Gelatine, Licorice Lozengers and Horehound
Candy. for sale by
dec 15 s. LEADBEATER & BRO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-12-18

A FULL LINE OF FRESH NUTS; also mixed
~ Mats, for sale low by
dcr15 J. c. MILBURN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-12-18

f;'Rf OUR GINGER ALE, Il delightful drink for
Il the Holidays SUMMERS & ALLEN,
dcc1S II. W. cor. King and Royal SITS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-12-18

tALLENDER's COLoRED MIysTREIs,
This popular organization is to apncnr n
Armory Hall Saturday next IL will be seen
by the advertisement elsewhere. Gallon.
ders minstrcls comprise all the available
colorcd talent cxtant. and their ,our of the
country has been attended by q series OF un-
broken successes. We clip the following
from the Selma, Ala, Tins, of Ncv. lllI},
1882:
The performance of Callender's colorod
M'nstrels last night at Edwards Opera
House was the best ever seen in Selma. 1t
was real negro drolcry in all its inimitablc
originality and mirth- provoking comicality.
1t was not forced, exaggerated or untrue to
nature as necessarily is much of the white
IN II tire ST.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-30
Ais Well.

Buena Vista, in Ohio, has its idyl.
Two or three years ago Mr.. Farney
took charge of the high school there.
One of his pupils was Miss Woolftan,
and almost instantly teacher and pupil
fell in love, and became engaged. Old
Mr.. Woolftan proved wolf indeed,
and refused to consent to their union.
Farney resigned the school, but before
he left town he called, with the Woolf-
tan consent, for the last interview with
the beautiful brunette. At his request
she sang the sadful song of Burns:
"Had we never loved sac kindly, had we
never loved sac blindly," they wouldn't
have come to grief. Then Mr.. Farney
went away in the darkness and tears,
and three days afterward his BODY was
found in the Ohio river, six miles above
Cincinnati. and buried. The girl was
inc0nsolable, of course, but last June
she married q gentleman who consent
ed to take her with the perfect UNDER
standing that she did not, could not.
would not, and should not love him. In
December the husband was killed in .
railroad accident on the Cincinnati
Southern, near Lexington.
The widow withdrew entirely from
society, but in March gentleman
presented himself for acceptance, and in
twinkling was accepted. II was Mr.,
Farney, who was not dead, and never
had been. the man drowned above Gin.
cinnah being another party altogether.
whose indemnity will never be known:
and when june roses break into bios.
SONS again the wedding bells Of Buena
Vista win break into JOYOUS peala ono
1900. N haheM a. the Woohta rirl
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-30
Housekeeping in the White House

Mrs. Slower, the daughter of Andrew
johnson, was most thorough and ex-
cellent housewife, says Washington
letter, and, by the perfect order and
management of the establishment, won
y reputation for domestic talents that a
New England matron mighty envy.
Mrs. Grant was altogether the best
hOnse-keeper the mansion ever held, and
the most of her eight years were spent
in devising how to patch, turn, and make
presentable the well-worn furnishings,
since so much of the annual appropria-
ton went to the roof, the water-spouts,
and the plumbing. Mrs. Grant left the
house in the most perfect condition,
with everything spick and span, scrub
bed, cleaned, and polished about it, and
gave written inventory of every ar
ticle, from the kitchen traps to the rags
and crippled furniture of the garnet.
Mrs. Hayes left things more to the
care of the servants during her four
years, and during the illness of Mrs.
Garfield, and afterward the death-siege
of President Garfield, the place ran it.
self.
TWAS like cleaning the Augean sta
tiles to bring the house to 4 proper con-
dition for President Arthur, and that
fastidiously neat gentleman gave some
very decided orders when he first in
spected the white house from top to bot
tom with view to residence. When it
was scraped and secured, cleaned, pa
pered, and furnished afresh, President
Arthur entered into his domain with
some reasonable complacency. He was
ushered into his own private room,-a
poem Of carefqlly.7b blended tints of rob
in's-egg blue and maroon. touched with
dull gold and bronco thcn it was
found that there was not towel. in the
white house stores. The stock had d.
minished and then disappeared after
President Garfield's illness, and his sue.
cessor's first official act was to command
the purchase of those necessary apple
ances to civilization before he could dry
his hands.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-30
The Great Oiyili.eru.

Railroads are the great public high
ways Of the world, along which the pi-
gantic currents Of trade and travel con-
tinuously ponr highways compared
with which the most magnificent high
wayso of antiquity dwindle into insieni-
ticance. They are the most marvellous
inventions of modern times. They have
done more to develop the wealth and
resources, to stimulate the industry, re-
war'i the labor and promote the gene
IA! prosperity Of the country than any
other. and. perhaps, than all other mere
physical causes combined. There is
probably not q man, woman or child
whose interest or comfort has not been
in some degree snbserved by them
They bring to our doors the produce
tions of the earth. They enable us to
anticipate and protract the seasons
They enable the inhabitants of each
cline to enjoy the pleasures and lnxu-
ries OF Ill. They scatter the produc-
tions of the press and literature broad
cast through the country with amazing
rapidity. There is scarcely a want,
wish or aspiration of the human heart
which they do not in some measure tend
to crafty. They promote the pleasures
OF social life and of friendship; they
bring the skilled physician swiftly from
a distance to attend the sick and the
wounded, and enable the absent friend
to be present at the bedside of the dy-
ing. They have more than realized the
fabulous conception of the Eastern i'm
agination, which pictured the genii as
transporting inhabited palaces through
the air. They have taken inhabited
palaces from the Atlantic coast, and
with marvellous swiftness deposited them
on the shores that are washed by the
Pacific seas. Hon. Byron Payne.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-30

When an invitation is being given ver-
bally to funeral in Scotland, the person
invited usually asks. ''When do you lift?''
meaning, "At what hour is the funeral
to take place?'' The manner of convey
ing the coffin from the house to tho
place of interment, still followed in Ea-
glesham. village in the south Of Rem
frewshire, abundantly explains this
phrase. AS can be we'll enough under
stood. hearses and coaches are institu-
tons belonging to towns and cities. not
to villages. In the latter the coffin is
borno to the grave on three poles, which
are passed under it, long enough to
leave a sufficient portion for two men
to grasp on either side. OF course it is
impossible to place these .'spokes' in
position in the house, so a couple of
stools are brought out to the street, the
coffin is placed upon them, and when
the cortege is ready to 60 the spoke.
are passed under, the coffin is lifted"
aE d the procession moves off.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-30
Oowardioe Of Elephants.

l once had grand scrimmage with a
tigress. She had mauled my own tusk-
er badly, had crunched the mahout's
foot into jelly, while she had caused
me to be thrown off, and after maulinq
two other elephants, not badly, she had
forced us to retreat for the time, as it
got dark, and not an animal would 20
near her; we had no howdahs. Next
morning we found her dead and took
her into camp. As an experiment we
had all the tuskers brought to the front.
My own beast, which was badly mauled
about the head and jowl, and had it's
back fearfully cut by the charah ropes,
went up to her at once when told and
struck the carcass with its trunk, and
stood by unconcernedly; but none of the
other five tuskers would go near her
They were then jammed together and
driven forward. They advanced with
heads lowered until their tusks plowed
up the ground, uttering most pitiful
cries. When within yard or SO of the
dead tigress they jerked up their heads,
scattering earth upon the body, not
withstanding the punishment they re-
ceived from their mahouts, broke away
and ran for their lives. It was the
most absurd sight ever saw. The
next day, although the place where we
were encamped was as bare of yegeta-
ton and level as q billiard table, not an
elephant would advance alone to drink
water or to be bathed. The bheel was
not 100 yards off; SO the mahouts, hold
ing on to a tip of the ear of an elephant,
led them in a body down toward the
water. Suddenly n young tusker, Jerry,
which had been born in captivity and
was of most uncertain temper, trump
eted and bolted, followed by every ami
NAL in camp; and it gave us a great
deal of trouble to recapture them, one
tusker, who had wandered upward of
fifty miles, not being recovered for a
week. There was not the slightest cause
for this stampede. It interfered with our
sport considerably; but in few days the
elephants appeared to have gotten over
their panic, and allowed us to kill gaur,
buffaloes, and other game off them with
out showing any undue fear. I have
always found elephants born in captivity
most uncertain in their tempers. They
lose all fear Of man, while, from not be-
ing accustomed to wild beasts, they
dread them, and are thus useless for
pOrt.-LOad0n Field.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-30
About Cats.

Cats are COMMONLY supposed to be
an invention of Cato. who, to spite q
hated rival, constantly invented this and
many other similar ideas to torment his
enemy with. This, however, is merely
q fable, as the real purpose for which
cats were intended is yelled in obscuri-
ty, all the descendants of the inventor
having sworn never to reveal the truth.
Nevertheless, some interesting facts and
habits have been discovered during re.
cent researches, which may be of inter-
est.
Cats live to great age. especially
those used on board ship. having even
been known to Out-live some of the crew.
These, by the way, have nine tails,
which number has been very often con-
founded with the number of lives other
cats have, and which is certainly un-
true, as it is we'll known that the wear
and tear on q cats imagination, think
ing of q way to escape. after being kill
ed the fourth time, usually kills her for
good. The surest way to kill 4 cat is to
be careful of her; she will die of pure
spite then, as such treatment would be
exactly contrary to what q fine, healthy
cat ever requires or receives. Cats are
faithful creatures, and have strong af-
fections; numerous instances are known
where cats conceived such 3: liking for
canary birds that they could not live
without them-or at least they didn't.
There are many things about cats
which are regarded as omens by some
people. A cat near bowl of milk or
cold chicken is a sure sign you are 60
ing to>lose something. A cat on the
back fence, with y good voice, is a sure
sign of trouble--for the cat Two cats
found with their tails together hung
over a clothes-line is sure sign of q
disagreement-betwe the cats-and a
determination to fight it out on that
line, if it takes all summer" Cats are
provided with claws to caress their
friends with; which habit, by-the-way,
is very affecting, often melting those
friends to tears. Cats are supposed to
die naturally sometimes, although no
other proof of this is presented than the
finding of the bodies.
Finally, cats live solely for and with
never satisfied desire to be nuisance,
and they usually succeed.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-30
Golden Pipeons.

Old Grizzly Adams liked to astoni,h
others, as he often did, with his astound-
ing stories, but no. one could astonish
him; he had seen everything and knew
everything, and was anxious to get q
chance of exposing this weak point to
him. a tit occasion soon presented it.
self. One day while engaged in my Of
nee at the museum 3 man with marked
Teutonic features and accent approach
ed the door and asked if I would like
to buy a pair of living golden pigeons.
Yes" l replied, Il would like flock
OF golden pigeons, if I could buy them
for their weight in silver; for there are
no golden pigeons in existence, unless
they are made from pure metal.,'
''You shall see some golden pigeons
alive" he replied, at the same time ent-
ering my office and closing the door af-
ter him. He then removed the lid from
q small basket which he carried in his
hand, and, sure enough, there were
snugly ensconced a pair of beautiful liv-
ing ruff-necked pigeons, as yellow as
saffron and as bright as double eagle
fresh from the mint.
confess was somewhat staggered at
this sight, and quickly asked tie man
where those birds came from.
What do you think yourselfl''
II think it is humbug.''
.'Of course. know you will say so, so
shall not try to humbug have color
ed them myself
On further inquiry learned that this
German was a chemist, and that he pos
sessed the art of coloring birds any hue
desired, and yet retain natural gloss
on the feathers.
Il can paint blue pigeon or a black
pigeon brown pigeon or pigeon half
blue or half green" said The German;
land if you prefer it, 1 can paint them
pink or purple, or give you q little Of
each color, and make you = rainbow
pigeon"
The rainbow pigeon did not strike
me as particularly desirable; but think
ing here was good chance to catch
Grizzly Adams, I bought pair of gold
en- pigeons for ten dollars and sent them
up to the "Happy Family where I
marked Golden Pigeons from Califor-
who had charge Of the Happy Family,
soon GAME uOWn IN state OF excite
ment.
Really, Mr.. Barnum," said he, 81
could not think Of putting those elegant
golden pigeons in the Happy Family,
they are too valuable 9 bird, and they
might get injured. .
We'll, : said !. lyon may put them
In separate cage, properly labeled. =
Mons. Guillandeu, the naturalist and
taxidermist Of the museum. when he
saw the Golden pigeons FROM Calf:-.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-30

Swans and prelates are strongly ad,
dicted TO snuff. Students in seminaries
have always taken it in large quantities,
because, as they thought, it helped to
keep them awake and enabled them to
read longer and digest more natter
Gallants used snuff deliberately, and all
beaux went in for the Utilization and graf
ifcation Of their olfactory nerves to a
most alarming extent. But snuff is go
ing out of fashion, and cigars and cigar.
cites have become the rage. No young
man can promenade the Streets without
weed or the disgusting paper substi-
tute. The consequence has been fatal
to what most people used to consider
good breeding. Gentlemen in England
never smoked in lady's presence even
in the street. Now parlors are convert
ed into smoking-rooms So do modes
and habits change. Put one may ven
ture to say that no man, not even an
inveterate smoker. will ever like to see
his sisters, mother, fancee or wife with
cigar stuck between her teeth in the
kitchen. the drawing-room and nursery.
There world be mighty little kissing
done then.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-30

am not so absurd as to- suppose that
we can always regulate our hand-shak.
ing by rule, or that our acts will always
be indicative Of our moods; but I notice
in good society q growing tendency to
reduce hand-shaking to q minimum, and
then make it genuine as far as it goes.
but as formal as possible, and I think
this is step in the right direction. and
worthy Of imitation. Deep feeling will
never fail to find fitting occasions, but
the less importation there is of spurious
feelings or of offensive familiarity into
what IS usually merely polite formal
ity, the better. - London Truth
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-30
A COUEIy. COLD. OH SORE
sHNHQ II n A -

cough, cold or sore throat should be stopped
Neglect frequently results in an incureable lung
disease or consumption. Browns Bronchia!
Bronchitis, Coughs. Ca1arrh, consumpt!ve and
Throat diseases. For thirty years the troche>
have been recommended by physicians, and al.
a SSns not
and constant use for nearly an entire generation,
they have attained we'll merited rank among the
few strong remedies Ofthe age. Public speakers
and srsepl Use them to clear and strengthen
he voice: sold at Is cents a box by all drug
list.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-30

In Paraguay, every gentlemen intro
duced to lady is expected to kiss her.
If that were the custom in this country
some girls. wouldn't have gentleman
acquaintance in the world. They'd al
ways forget having met the lady and
have to be introduced each time they
meet her.
Men generally use their own judg-
ment in buying, but a woman rarely
does. Set forty rocking chairs out
there in a row, mark one Of them
''sold," and every woman who wants a
rocking chair will want that particular
one, and won't have any other. Some
men are the same way.
A Chattanooga negro was looking up
q chimney when bolt OF lightning
came down and stripped the buttons off
his vest. When he got his breath here
marked that if he had known that cat
was up there, and calculating to come
down, he wouldn't have got in the way
for $5.
First boy: "My fathers got $1,000,-
OO0." Second boy: ''Well, s'pose he
has? He made it in a little store, and
nobody ever heard of him or ever will.
Now, my fathers known everywhere.
He's been called thief and black
guard in almost every paper in the
country. He was once for Office"
.'c-:'. . ,.,ua, tue representative vi
the Sultan of Turkey, in Egypt, owes
his elevation to lucky accident. A
few years ago, during the Bosnian in
surrection against the Porte, Dervisch,
then a young captain, was sent TO Sc
cure ferry-boat which was on the 9TH
er side of the river, and guarded by a
large force of Bosnian sharpshooters.
He plunged into the river alone, swan
boldly across, cut the boat from its moor
ings and swan back with it. while the
insurgents bullets were whiz Ting about
his ears. This daring deed attracted the
attention of Omar Pasha, hi superior
officer, and secured his RAPID promo
ton.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-30

A brother of Wilbur f. Storey, of the
Chicago Times, occupies the pulpit of
the Methodist Church ut Chester, in.
Hazards Of Young Men During the Picnic
Season.
Now that the pincic season has COM
menced, parents cannot be too careful
of their sons: Parents should remember
that their boys, in going to picnic,
also go through tunnels, and tunnel
is dangerous to a young man, unless
the girl in charge of him be ladylike
enough to refrain from those familiarities
to which many picnic-going females are
given. A designing young woman, in
conjunction with ice cream, picnic
lemonade and shady spots under the
trees, subjects ayoung man to indu-
ences which may have anything but an
elevating effect upon lis character.
Point out to them the beneficial effects
of wood-sawing upon the mu scles and
the mind. Take them out to the grave
yard on Sunday and read Fox's Book of
Martyrs to. them. Keep u dog in the
front yard and warn the girls off. In
order to make this warning effective the
fence should be high and have spikes
along the top of it. When a young
woman asks your boy to 90 to picnic,
see to it that she is steady, sober and III
dustrious before you entrust your child
to hcr.-AlO0ny Argus.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-30
THROUGH TICKETS

nnT - Great chance to make money
Those who always take advan-
tage of the good chances for
"n making money that are Offered b,
generally become wealthy while
those who do not improve such
chances remain in poverty. We want many men,
women, boys and girls to work for, US right in
their own localities. Any can do the work
properly from the first start. The business pays
more than twelve times ordinary wages. Expsn-
sive outfit ordered free. No one who engages fails
to make money rapidly. You can devote your
whole time to the business or only your spare mo-
ments. Full information and all that is needed
sent free: Address Sr1NsoN & Co Portland, Maine
Nov. 20, 1882.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-30

obtained for new inventions, or for impr
ments IN old ones. Caveats, Trade Marks and
patent business promptly attended to.
may still, in most cases, be patented by US. BsSs
0ppositethe U. s. Patent Office, and engaged ir
PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY, we can Sc
mote from Washin tton and who must depend mp.
on the mailsin all transactions with the Patent
Office.
search in the Paters |ice and advise as its pa.
tentablhty FREEoHa HARGE. Correspondence on !.
hdential, prices low and NO CHARGE UNLESS
I" ATENT is OBTAIN Ed.
We refer 10 Hon. p. stmaster General D. NJ. Key
Sev. +. d. Powder, officials in the U. s. Patent
Office and especially 20 our clients in every State
OF the Union and In c NADIA. For special referen-
ces, terms, advice, h :, Address
C. A. Snow Il Co.,
Opposite Pat.n office, Wash
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-30
Imperial Palace Dining Cars

Cnl CcntalD
Sioux PAD InncapoU
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k 5n 9ad sure take
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-08-30

A brother Of Wilbur +. Storey, of the
Chicago Times, occupies the pulpit of
the Methodist Church ut Chester, IN.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-08-22
Hhdf IS a MdscOtteY

Both dictionaries and scholars fail
to answer the question, which the OPP
era with that title constantly raises -
what is a mascotte2 But the visitors
Of Monte Carlo tell us il is fetich-a
luck.bringer. All gamblers are super.
stitious. and draw their inspirations
from the oldest circumstances. A
mascotte may be sou or a sixpence
with a hole in it, a button, a lock Of
hair, any thing which the punter has
associated with a lucky turn. Aims
to mascotte; denial Of aims
mascotte; seeing a hunchback or a
white horse - mascotte; meeting a
black cat-mascotte. Three years
ago little hunchback at Monacy de-
rived large returns from standing near
the table and rubbing his hump at the
request Of the players. He had tar
iG Once, 5 francs; long rubbing,
10 francs; for standing half an hour
behind a certain player and not rub
bling for others, 20 francs. At the end
of the season, returning to Paris on
the train, he was seen to throw away
his hump. Mascotte is the opposite
of jettatura or the evil eye.