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reporter.
WHAT is SEWER CASE.
Composition OF the Poisonous Agent
That Curses Modern Civilization.
Popular Science Monthly.

What is "sewer gas?" This term
has been employed long time by
chemists, sanitarians, plumbers and
others to indicate the ordinary eman-
stions from sewers, but, recently GER
tain gentlemen have taken exceptions
to the term denying that there is any
such thing as sewer gas "having q
peculiar and definite composition"
This is undoubtedly true, and it is prob
al lie that no intelligent man or edu-
Gated physician ever thought other
wise. What has been called "sewer
gas" is composed Of air, vapor and
gasses in constantly varying proper
tons, together with living germs
vegetable and animal--and minute
particles putrescent matter In short,
it is composed of water, is sufficiently
volatile or buoyant to ilsat IN the at
mosphere, and in consequence of
which buoyancv it is permitted to es-
cape through the various sewer-out-
lets. The term is, in this sense, well
understood, and terms sewer vapor or
sewer air. which some have chosen to
substitute for it. 1t is proper here to
add that the offensiveness of odors is
no test of their insolubrity, but that
the most fatal germs are often convey
ed in an mesphere which is odorless.
The absence of unpleasant odors, there
fore, furnishes no proof that the air
does not contain sewer emanations.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09
4 Congressman Fight with a Dog.

About two weeks since Hon. George
d. Tillman got off the night train at
Beech Island Station for the purpose of
going to the agricultural club house, a
few miles distant, to address the club
the following day. A resident planter
and member of the club had promised
to meet Mr.. Tillman with convey
ance to take him to his house for the
night. The planter was to be married
in few days, and had his head SO filed
with his coming nuptials that he forgot
his engagement with MI Tillman; con-
sequently the congressman had to walk
to the nearest farm house. On his way
he encountered ferocious dog that bit
him in two places. Mr.. Tillman took
out his knife and gave the animal =
terrible cash that is likely to prove
fatal Charleston NeVs and Courier.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09
Side-Glances In Vanity Fair.

Red hats, red feathers, red.gloves and
red stockings are worn by the million
Some families in New York have
gorgiously uniformed private messen-
| ger boys.
A drawing room in the Fifth venue,
New York, has $4,000 ceiling Of
cathedral glass.
! New bangles are of gold, from which
bangle five, ten and twenty dollar gold
pieces-the coins being genuine.
The gossips say that young women
who have been educated abroad are
Coming to the social front with remar-
kable rapidity."
The New York Nail and Express is
authority for the statement that table
covers of course netting over light
colored silk are the latest thing in dec
orative art.
According to the laxative Mrs.
Grundy, of the New Work Mall and
Express, decorative art is running riot
again among young ladies who have
abundant leisure and means"
Miniature Jumbos, with nodding
heads, are the newest thing in candy
boxes, and in confectionery shop
window are dozens of them, all wagging
their heads in tue elephant fashion.
At the marriage of Miss Harrison to
Mr.. Halliday in st, Joseph, Mo, the
bridal dress was Of tinted ottoman red
silk combined with MORE aud trimmed
with point and duchesse lace.
Clasps to fasten coaks and other
wraps are wooden masks with open
mouths; others are animals heads OF
bronze or silver, Of size that enables
the weerer to be seen several blocks
distant.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09

employment and has been 80 bitter an
opponent of the secretary of the inter-
Tor that DR.. Walker, protesting TO speak
for the department, circulated stories
derogatory to the character of Mrs.
Smith. The latter called upon Assistant
Secretary Joslyn with fire in her eyes
and denounced the department for
employing such an agent as DR.. Walker
to malign her reputation. Being assur-
ed by Mr.. Joslyn that his departing
was not res ponsible for the doctor, the
irate Mrs. Smith assaulted the depart
ment for being filed up with mistrssses
of senators and congressmen-a charge
which in the general stock-in trade of
the league. Blood may be shed yet if
this business isn't stopped.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09
$4,000
RUBBER.
a Combination of Manufacturers De-
wishing "a Way to Increase the Price
of Their Goods.

New YORK, November S.--The pro-
posed agreement among rubber man
ufacturers for self-protection against
the aggressions of the speculative rub.
Der importers, has been signed by all
the rubber working firms of the coun-
try, SO far as heard from with but one
exception. The commission will not,
however, be ready to make report be-
fore next week. The exception noted
is that of the Star Rubber Company
of Trenton, N. j. Their works were
stepped for some three weeks during
the great faeshet, and during that
time their orders accumulated to such
an extent that they were compelled to
work up to their full capacity. As
soon, however, as they have caught up
with the demand upon them, they will
be eady, they aver, to join other man.
ufacturers in a general movement.
| According to the terms of the COM
pact the packing, hose and belt makers
were to reduce production % per cent.
after the first of the month, and the
manufacturers of shoes and clothing
were to shut down altogether after the
23d of December, and that these con-
ditious are to continue until such time
rs they decide that the price of rubber
warrants resumption.
Rubber sold to-day as high rs 81 %
per pound for fine Para, cash, for small
single case lots. A ten-case order, it
was affirmed, could not be Immediately
filled in this market. Several cargoes
are shortly to arrive from Para, some
probably the latter part of this week.
So far as known there are on the way
to this port 600 tons of rubber from
Para and fifty or sixty tons from Liver
pool. OF all this about 200 tons are not
already sold to arrive.
Opinions differ widely among rubber
men as to the probabilities of a decline
in rubber, some contemplating it before
January, and others not before June, n
few fearing the rise has been caused
more by the large increase of late years
in the use of rubber goods than by a
mere speculative movement, and that
consequently much time will elapse be-
fore the system of supply can be de-
veloped to keep pace with the demand.
! The impression seems to be general,
/ however, that arrivals of rubber now
coming will determine ruling prices for
months to come,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09
The WOmen's League.

Although it is most painful duty to
perform, it must be announced that all
is not harmonious among the members
OF the Laboring Women's league in
Washington, which organization was
formed as protest against the acton
of Secretary Teller in refusing to ap-
point women to clerkship in his depart
ment. Dr. Mary Walker, a member OF
the league, was not long ago given EN-.
ployment IN the pension office, and not
unnaturally feels constrained to champ
ion MIR. Teller. Mrs. Charlotte Smith
another Lacquer, has no governmental
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09
Only Skin Deep.

The search for the philosophers
stone and the fountain of youth hav-
ing been in vain, should it not be salts
factory to learn that an equally miracu-
louc thing-a lotion that will make
black people white--has been discover
ed? Yet the fact remains that col
ored mao thus bleached would remain
a negro still, Just as white man with
skin blackened by similar means would
renal. Caucasian. We may change
our face but. not oar race. --Nep YORK
Telegram.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09

fined culture Of the Austin people"
"But you ought to go to California,
nevertheless. "Why SOP" he asked,
reaching out for more figs. Because
read in a newspaper that figs are so
plentiful there that they feed them to
the hogs" Murphy was so carried
away by the magnitude OF the fig crop
on the Pacific slope that, without wait
ing to finish his supper, he started at
once, probably to get his ticket before
the office closed.
When you see prominent citizen,
bright and shining light in society and
an energetic man of business, and all
that sort of thing, pause in the middle
Of the sidewalk and gaze about him
with CLASSY look in his eye, you
needn't think off apoplexy and paraly-
sig. He is simply trying to remember
al errand his wife told him to do.
Mrs. Percy Yerger is a good woman,
but she is not well posted about church
festivals, and she is not as refined as
she might be. The Episcopal clergy
man happening to remark in her pres
ence that it would soon be advent, she
replied: "Then we will all have to NOR
tify ourselves again, but l don't mind
it bit. Last advent / saved enough
out of butchers meat for the servants
table to get me SO cloak to 60 to
church in" "That was lent, madam"
"No, it want lent. Three or four Of
the neghbors' wives wanted me to lend
Them that cloak, but told them it
wasn't mine, and lied out OF it that
way"
There is noble coal mine owner in
London who has had his coronet put
on his coal-carts. We knew it would
come this when her Most Gracious
Majesty, Mrs. G., consented to farm
out the royal arms to decorate chow
chow bottles.
A convict says he was sent to prison
for being dishonest, and YET he is COM
PEELED every day to cut up pieces OF
pasteboard, which are put between the
soles OF the cheap shoes made there,
and palmed off on the innocent public
az leather.
YES" said Burkenstein. II came
pretty near doing mean thing to-day.
l had counterfeit nalf and | WAS
about to give it to poor blind beggar
VINO asked for aims, but / resisted the
temptation and got an old apple-woman
to change it by buying five cents
worth of fruit.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09

A man is going about the streets OF
Laramie claiming to be John the Bap-
fist. He has light hair and chin whis-
kers, is stout built and looks like a
farmer, We desire (says Bill NyS to
warn those of our readers who may be
inclined to trust him that he Is not
what he purports to be. We have
taken great pains to look the matter
no and find as result of our research
that John the Baptist is dead.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09

The results OF experiments conduct
ed by DR.. Sturtevant to determine rel
alive values OF seed corn, with referen-
ce to location on the cob, appears in
the bulletin printed in this paper. An
examination OF the figures will surprise
farmers who have unthinkingly &C
copied the old-time idea, that kernels
from the butts and tips of ears are I'M
productive. The evidence of single
trial, carefully made favors the pro-
position that the tip kernels are super
Tor to those taken from any other part
of the ear. Yet these kernels are
systematically rejected by many good
farmers because apparently imperfect
development suggests the con-
clusion that they are imperfect seed.
II is true the experiments reported in
the bulletin when repeated may not
yield similar results, but there is no
valid reasons to suppose the difference
will be anything but in degree. AS
the facts sad 1T may be assumed that
farmers have nursed curious fallacy
in selecting seed corn. II is not in it.
self, mater Of extreme importance
to know that tip kernels as seed are
superior to others, but it is of great i'm
portance to have full and general &C
quintance with laws that govern pro-
duction, for that attainment will lead
more surely tc uniform and profitable
results. The work of the Experiment
Farm is conducted with special refer
ence to the attainment of such kuowl-
alpa and in this view tho avid apca
furnished by this trial of seed corn is
valuable. 1t is an incident that shows
the possibility of fallacies incorporated
in the practice of the most in
telligent farmers BuAe,in.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09
A Dishonest JanitOr Disappears.

Richard Slahl, the janitor of ex-Con-
gresham Einstein's building on the
corne~ of Second avenue and First
street, New York, left his home on
Monday evening and sent his wife a
letter through the mail informing her
that she would never see him again.
1t was discovered that he had appro-
priated about 5000 collected from the
tenants of the building. When last
seen he tried to borrow 81 from
neighhor.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09
Theatres of Very Great Use.
foen. Sherman to Manager Ford.

70 me the stage is not only power
full instructor, but the very best kind
of rest in the midst of the cares of life.
Seated in an audience, with some we'll
arranged play, one experiences not
only needed rest but mora cheerful
mental support, relieving the mind and
resting the body far more than read
ing or even social converse.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09
Another Medal for Captain Hussey.

Some time ago Captain John Hussey
of Castle Garden had tee misfortune to
lose q gold medal which was voted TO
him by congress rs a token of his
bravery in saving the lives of people
who were shipwrecked at sea. The
other day duplicate of the lost medal
was received from Washington by the
captain. 90
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09
Rheumatism in Horses

When horse falls lame at uncertain
and irregular intervals, and suddenly
RECEIVERS and as suddenly falls lame
agein, it indicates that the cause is
rheumatism Rheumatism is form
Of Inflammation arising from a disor-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09

1--WE generally have fine weather, y
she said, except when the sun crosses
the Penobseot." "Why, my dear,"
he said you don't mean that Penob-
SCOTT "Ohg dear, no, " she exclaimed.
"Cf course, | don't mean that. | mean
tie Passamauuoddy.n
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09

the yok can not adhere to the shell.
OF course, eggs should be packed when
perfectly fresh, for change begun can
not be arrested.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-10-09

EDWIN FoRREsr.-"One of my first ven
lures said Edwin Forrest, lin the dramtic
line, shortly after my debut as Young Nor
val, was with Il company which played a
brief and fitful engagement in Kentucky
The company cameto gricfat Lexington ,and
cast about to see what could do. could
not afford to be idle long, and one day fell
in with two Frenchmcn, Pepin and Bschard
who came along with Il circus company
After slight hesitation joined them. |
was not used TO oriding, but could Jump and
tumble, so went into the ringwith the best
performers they had. | was not meant fol
the circus, however and soon drifted back
to the legitimate" In the following spring
Forrest went to New York in destitute
condition, most Of his clothes having been
keep at Albany in part payment for his
board. He was disgusted with his profess
ion and had about made up his mind to quit
the stage when he was asked by an obscure
actor to play for his benefit at the Park
Theater. The mans tale Of distress touched
him and he consented That was the turn
ing point of his career. He chose "Othello'
for the occasion and the benefit was
sweeping success. On the day following
Clifford, the manager ofthe Bowery Theate
place $500 in Forests hand and engaged
him for one year. From that time forward
his course was series of successes.
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ll--VULrES TT UvE AcERBG

y fox was one day walking through 8
woods, when he noticed some grapes hang
ing from the topmost branches of a tree. He
looked hungrily at the grapes, and said;
know they are sour, but then | need
something sourto settle my Bilious Attack. .
20 he went out to Il man who was erect
ing telegraph poles, and borrowed a pair of
,recperSS, which he adjusted, climbed the
Tree: and soon descended with a great ,nlan-
tlty of the fruit. Having eaten Il few
punches, the Fox was so badly doubled nm
with cramps that he couldn't Walk. and
that Is the time Il Farmer lit on him and
broke him all mp with "a club
We are taught by this Fable that many of
the sweetest things in life are not as sweet
ls 'ncF seem when once secured. that we
should never trhc with unripc Fruit ,ftnr
we are grown up. and that it is Folly to risk
our lives for Grapes that are worth only
eight cents Il Pound
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1N.--THE HEARNFI'L OWL.

An Owl having arrived at the Conclusion
that Il great deal more Pleasure was to be
got out of Life in the Daytime than at
Night, consulted an eminent oculist. who
after due Examination of the optic nerve
Immediately Prescribed for his Patient a
pair Of douhle-cxtra No. Is Myopic blue
goggles. The Owl, on flying about the next
day in the blazing Sun, was delighted with
the new experience, and was just about to
exhibit himself to his fellow Owls when Il
shot from Gun of the Curator Of the Or
astrological Museum. who was on the look
out for the Great American Play, ended his
career.
The moral OF this Fable teaches us that
we should always keep Late Hours in order
to be sound i'll mind and body; it also brings
Home to us the folly of consulting Five
Dollar Ocuist when our cyesight is not i'm
naircd
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-
III. IIII. -,

y young man once madea Thousand Dol
lars writing Poetry, and then concluded
there was more money in plays. So he stole
several French Plots so ingeniously that nc
one ever discovered it, and he made Ten
thousand Il year until he thought keeping a
hotel at Coney Island was just the thing to
make Il man Rich. So he built hotel that
covered an acre, and made Fifty Thousand
Dollars the first season. This he relinquish.
cd TO become Il Monopolist, which paid him
much better than running Hotel. But
even a Monopolist, with millions year
didn't satisfy him, so he became Hack
man and is now making money faster than
ever.
This Fable teaches lis that to he truly
Happy we should never be satisfied, and
that Rolling Stone gathers IL great deal OF
Moss when il knows how to Roll.
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Latest Work of the Funny Men-Morc of the
Fables.
From Puck.
LIE PETIT CHAT ET son pEpE

LIE PETIT CHAT Er son pERE.
once upon time II Kitten was plavinr
with Its Father, when Il Rat appeared and
was quickly disposed of by the elder Feline.
On the following day, when the Kitten was
alone, another Rat appcased--an old Of
fender that was gray and thoughtful The
Kitten Immediately sprang upon the Rat
who grabbed it by the neck and Hammered
the floor so hard with it that the Kitten
Thought it was trying to quell Il free fight ut
Il Democratic Primary, and when it escaped.
IL went INTO mourning Poultice. and there
in remained week.
ms Fable teaches us how Fortune doesn't
smile on the smart young man who tries to
put on as much style as his Father without
his Fathers experience.
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ONLY saw MILL IN THE CITY,

Farmers and others having timber that they
want converted into different classes Of lumber,
can be accommodated at lowest prices by
JNO. p. AGNEW & CO.
!elI-f Alexandria Ship Yard.
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MEDICINAL.
New Life

is given by using Browns
IRON BITTERs. In the
Winter it strengthens and
warns the system; in the
Spring it cnriches the blood
and conqucrs disease; in the
Summer it gives tone to the
nerves and digestive organs;
IN the Fall it enables the
system to stand the shock
OF sudden changes.
In no way can disease be
SO surely prevented as by
keeping the system in per
feet condition. browns
. Iron BITrEKs ensures per
feet health through the
changing seasons, it disarms
the danger from impure
water and miaSmatic air,
and 1t prevents Consump-
ton, Kidney and Liver Dis
case, &c.
H. S. B2hu, Esq.,, of the
wcll-known firm of II. s.
Berlin 4 Co., Attorneys, lie
DroIt Building, Washing
ton, ID. G., writes, Dec. 9Th,
1881:
G7!thmrH.. 7 take pleas.
urc IN stating that ! have used
browns Iron Bittcrs for M
larla and nervous troubles
caused by ovcrwork. with
excellent results.
Beware Of limitations.
Ask for Browns Iron BIT
TIERS, and insist on having
it. Don't be imposed on
with something recon-
mcndcd as ".WSt as s0od."
The genuine is made only
by the Brown Chemical Co
Baltimore, Md.
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In Store and for sale

In Store and for sale
40 Tons PURE FINE GROUND BONE MEAL,
J. J. TURNER & cos ANDJ. q. 4. HOLLO-
WAYS
EXCELSIOR AND AMMONIATED SUPER
fHuSrHATE and
-AMERICUS' AMMONIATED SUPER rlIoS-
PHATE.
This last Brand has been introduced in this Sec
tion and has given great satisfaction.
aug22-2m K. NJ. LAWSON & JAMESON.
ANNEG'S FERTlLlXlNG CHEMICALS-The
~ formula given benw. and which We designate
As "Janncys Formula No. TO-" is based upon an
experience of many years and is well adapted to
either wheat, corn, potatoes or tobacco. Janncy S
Formula No. 10 contains:
POO lbs pure dissolved slaughter house bones.
100 :, sulphatc potash.
80 magnesa.
10 :" ammonia. Price SO.
For usc. Janncy's Formula No. 10 should be
mixed with sufficient dry muck or stable manure
TO make one ton in weight. Apply by means of q
drill from POO to 300 lbs to the acre. The above
price is net cash for the Formula, delivered free
on board the cars or steamboat in Alexandria, Va
JANNEf & CO., Wholesale Druggists,
apl1 Nos. 70 & 152 King ST., Alexandria, Va
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DYERS md SCOTRERS

/: q }; II. TRIMMER, formerly of Richmond,
g.. va, nave opened their DYEING AND
SECURING ESTABLISHMENT ,t M ~ Einr
street, where you can have your Clothing Cleaned
Dyed and Repaired equal to new. Also ladies
Shtw!s, Dresses and Ribbons. Our prices or,. ron,
sohahlc and our work guaranteed apd not to be
surpassed ny any house in this State Our motto
has been and shall always be '.nolitcnrss promrt
y and strictly one price Dycing and Securing
Establishment ~ ''"'' '''S
P.S-kid Gloves and Feathers cleaned.
scp1-1m
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EXCURSIONS, I,ICNICs, &c,
ROFESSIONfL C1RDS.

TROFESSION1L C1RDS.
llh hLL.l.N.DERSlGNED executes, ,TIN.E OH. pnP-
does Frcsco aud Sign Painting. at lower price
than You pay daily for bad work. The Washing
ton Post of June Is, 1882 says: There has been
finer artistic work done i'll this city than Shu-
mans pictures in the Convent Of st. Domnick
s. r. SHUMAN, Artist,
je1l-tf IS south Royal ST., Alexandria, Va
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