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A Brave Woman.

In the Womdns Journal, st. w. H." relates
the story of a New Hampshire woman, who by
the sudden loss of her little invested property
had remaining only an Old farmhouse and some
land The sufferer was wholly alone in the
world. had a paralyZed arm, and was threatened
with blindness. The only work which her en-
feebled condition permitted was in the way of
knitting and making artificial flowers by these
two arts she could earn els annually" Her
whole available income was $40 She appro-
priated One-fourth of it for reading. In her
own very interesting account of her life she
says: eefs'
Sin very cold spells took a warm freestone
and crawled into bed. Twas too i'll to work,
and thus to do saved firewood. would put
mittens on my hands and read awhile, and
when the room became toe cold for this, cover
all up and think over what had read. This
saved me in degree from 1enervating myself
still further by fruitless porting over poverty and
privations." AS for food: "One-fourth pound
Of meal, one cent; one-foulth pound of dried
beans, one and one half CENTS two cents worth
OF salt pOrk-fOur and u half cents in all
would support me day and half very well.
This was my usual fare three days out of
with two cents worth of butchers trimmings
and three cents worth of, potatoes. would
make wholesome. nOuYishng food for two
days and go q long way toward supporting ex-
lStenCe. l made q considerable use of
rice and baked fish. In cool weather pound
OF oatmeal cooked Monday would serve as des-
sert through the week. Sometimes had gift
OF milk, and then feasted like an epcure Now
and then had some kind OF a vegetable, as a
beet or turnip. and from time to time bought
few cents worth OF butchers scraps. more to
season food than to be food. x Once month
INDUCED in baking of doughnuts or got a
pound Of lard and fried an eating of doughnuts,
about six. one at time, in tin cup over my oil
stove" The cOntrvances for clothing were curl
GUS. The writer says: ''There could be no reduc-
lions beyond hers, for she literally bought nothing
in the way Of clothing whatever. So she lived, so
to speak, on the past-On the wrecks of her own
clothing and other peoples. She made whole
suit out of an old straw-bed ticking. combined
with the fragments of pair of the drilling over
alls that some wOrkmen had left on the premises;
these she cut into strips, and made, she declares.
very stylish trimming. She unravelled old,
WORKOUT hOme-spun under garments and made
yarn which she knit into stockings She had
fifteen notices in the house made on white mus
lin and cotton fiannel these she boiled clean and
had supply of material for UNDER garments,
being the first person, probably, who discovered
a real use for notices. She found behind a
closet door an old overcoat of her fathers out
of whose quilted lining of black lasting she
made for herself cloak that looked like quilted
satin. The question Of hats o, bonnets was
easily settled; she wore none for three years. As
for Shoes the inexhaustible lining of the fathers
OvercOat provided her with slippers which wore
better than leather"
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STEAMERS. &c.

T,HR STEAMER .sMATTANo" LEAVES IRA
Il strect wharf every SUNDAY. TUESDAY AND
rhsHRsDAl at eeven oclock m for Potomac riysr
hndines. stopping at landings In Nomini Tuesdays
and Thursdays, Msttox Crcek on Sundays and Thurs
days Chapel Point and Brent's Wharf Sundays down
ana wednesday, up. and Msttavomsn Greek
SUNDAYS down" and Mondays up" returning .
Washington every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
afternoons.
Fo- inform alton apply to
q. T. JONES. Aren't
my2s 18th street wharf.
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FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.

On and after NOVEMBER Sd 1881, the STEAMER
AkR0WSMIIH will leave her wharf foot of 9TH street
et a. m. every MONDAY. THURSDAY and SATUR-
DAY for all river landings. ON MONDAY o. far -
Teonar,tors nS h 81 eon, no,in S,, h'
Coldrons and Towards. On SATURDAY. CurTioman
and Leonardtown. JOHN Il. WOOD.
ms Agent
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VOYAGERs TO EURoPE.

J. W. BoTELER son
Are the Agents for the sale Of Tickets in this District
1NMAN STEAMSHIP co.
Parties proposing 30 visit Europe obtain anin-
ormation by applying 10
ml7-3m wv. BoTELER & SON.
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poToMAC TRANSPORTATION LINE.

f1OfVNH]fC
On and after MARCH 10th the STEAMER SUE Can
tain w, G. GEoGHEGAN. Win leave sTEPHENSON'S
WHARF, foot of eth street. EVERY SUNDAY, st four
O'Clock p. m, for Baltimore and River Landings.
An River Freight must be Prepaid.
hefarninS arrive In Washington every Saturday night
STEPHENSON BRO, Aexxrs
66m eth street Wharf and Cor. 18th and Pa. ave.
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CPERMATORRHEA, IMPOTENCY, AND ALL PRI-
- yate Diseases quickly cured also Lucorrh9a and
all Female Weaknesses, &c. No calomel or mercury
used. Office. 5k 9th st. y. W.. bet. e and ITS.
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l. NAVY PAY OFFICE
WASHINGTON. ID. c., May 10. 1882.
Sealed Proposals will be received at this office until
IMELNE O'CLOCK on the TWENTY-NINTH DAY
OF MAY, 1882. and opened immediately thereafter in
the presence Of bidders for such quantities of
Fresh Beef and Vegetables Fresh Bread and for Baking
Navy Bread as may be required at the Navy Yard and
Station at Washington. D. c., during the fiscal year
ending June 80 1888.
Blank forms of offer. all necessary information
as to and the quantities required, can be
Clothing ut the Washington Navy Yard.
Twenty per cent. of all bills to be retained until the
completion Of the contract.
RICHARD WASHINGTON,
mlO-2aw2w Pay Inspector u. S. Navy.
PROPOSALS. FOR STATIONERY.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
APRIL Is, lSS2.S
Sealed proposals win he received this Department
until II O'clock M. THURSDAY, May IS, lSS2 for
furnishing Stationery for the Department of the Inte
rior during the fiscal year ending June 3d. 1888
Blank forms of proposals. showing the items and
lstng thereto Will be furnished application to this
Department
Proposals must be addressed to the Secretary of
the Interior and Endorsed Proposals for Station
cry"
No contract viii he awarded under this advertisement
until an appropriation shall have been made by Con-
a22 H. Nj. TELLER, SECRETARY.
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- Fans Napkins. Pictures. Cards, Parasos Novelties
j. JAY GOULD'S,
a16- I'm x21 9th street northwest,
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row shoulder, cut to lit without Wadding and
the more sloping appears the better the men
like 1t. The fashionable length for a man FIVE
feet eight would be about twenty-nine or thirty
inches They are usually made from suitings
where the coat. trousers and vest are made of
the same material The vest is short and the
either braided fiat Or double stitched one quar-
ter Of an inch between the rows.
The walking coat is also known as a morning
coat. shooting coat, and q variety Of other
names. The best styleis single breasted, closing
with five buttons. intended to he worn with one
or all buttons closed, and is but little cut away.
The tendency Is to shorter waists and longer
skirts, though happy medium is lust now pre-
served. 1t Is much liked by men who never
wear ultra cataways, but like garment grace
fui and elegant. This suit has single breasted
vest, either with or without collar, medium cut
trousers, and is generally of the same cloth
throughout, but considered in good style with
striped trousers
The fashionable ''top coat" ia a fly front and
oversack faced with silk. The front Is soft,
faced with silk, and arranged to close up high
or be thrown back. The garment is produced
from the finest material and lined throughout.
sleeves included. with q rich silk serge, mate
rial which defies cheap limitations The edges
are nat braided, making practical and conve-
nient, and at the same time elegant garment
The silk facing turned back from the undercoat
looks well, and when the coat is carried ON the
arm with the silk side out, quite accidentally, it
fills the beholder with admiration, If woman,
and If a man, he wonders, in vague way, show
so-and-sO manages to be 30 confoundedly well
got up" Among the fancy c0l0rings and weaves
of Overcoat goods line OF fine twilled English
cassimeres. known as buckskins, Is prominent
especially In the gray shades. The most striking
color in these is drab that looks like irab
kersey. Made into d fiy front overcoat faced
with silk to the front and fiat braided. with o
drab braid and silk to match the goods tt Is q
garment nothing, II not esthetic. Dress suits
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III NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT: specific
for Hysteria, Dizziness, Convulsions Nervous Head
ache Mental Depression. Loss Of Memory. Spermator
rh@a, Impotency. Involuntary Emissions; Premature
Old Age caused by over-exerton self abuse or over
indulgence which leads to misery, decay and death
One box will cure recent Each box contains
months treatment. One dollar box. or six boxes for
FIVE dollars; sent by mail prepaid on receipt Of price
We guarantee six DO Xes to any With each
order received by foF six bo5es .ocompsnied with
antee to return the money the treatment does not
effect cure. Guarantees issued by STOTT GROIN
WE'LL. $50 Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, d. c.,
Wholesaleand Retail AgentA to whom al orders should
be addressed. ocl6
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one Ii must be admitted that for living rooms
or rooms in which there is much passing to and
mo, painted floors are not all one could wish.
First, they are noisy: secondly, they show every
mark. and after little wear have a scratched
and worn appearance. which Is dishear.ening.
Even with constant care. rubbing and washing,
II is difficult to keep a cOlored floor as nicely as
one would wish, and moreover, 1t has a cold
and desoiate appearance II entirely uncovered.
square rug or carpet, with bordering, is
decided Improvement upon the bare boards
and this. in living rooms, should certainly be
large enough to come within half yard Of the
walls all over the room. and be heavy enough
20 be nat without being nailed The most de-
sirable fOOrings for all purposes are unques-
ttonabiy those of wood carpetings and tiles
bat comparatively few persons are fortunate
enough TO possess them, and unless they are
owners or houses. are not willing to go to the ey
pense OF having them laid. But decidedly for
entries, halls and lobbies it is worth while to
DO 30. even II long residence in the house Is not
anticipated. and In rooms where such an ex-
pense is not deemed possible bordering of this
kind can be used. These borders are to he
bought of ali widths and in many different de-
Signs aud e0lers. and Of almost all prices. from
80 cents a yard upward. These are made of
narrow strips Of oak. ash or other hard woods
cemented on to muslin. and can be rolled up
and removed with the greatest ease. Another
advantage about them is that they are of the
same thickness as an ordinary carpet. and re-
quire no more space under doors etc The
manufacturers claim that wood carpetinr makes
q portable floor. but this consideration has little
weight. as carpeting that viii suit one house
or room will not suit another and the expense
OF a complete covering for a floor Is great.
especially as the addition OF rugs Is absolutely
necessary if it is to look comfortable Unless a
room Is full OF handsome furniture it does not
look well with several small rugs laid about i'm
different directions. The center of the floor
should be covered, and. if possible, heavy filrn-
ture should hold the rug in position. FOR how
ever eloquent we may be In favor of loose floor
coverings there Is no Disgusting the fact that
kicked up rug 70 one of the miner aggravatious
Of life.
The daily gazette., 1882-03-28
AN ATROCIous CRIME

Boston, MASS, March 25.-A muir
der occurred In the town OF Dedham, ten
miles from this city, Tonight, which in
atrocity exceeds any crime of like ma
ture committed In this vicinity for years.
John Sullivan, aged 35, who Is an opera
tive In one OF the mills there, and who
has been considered steady man in
comfortable circumstances, ,quarreled to-
night with bis wife, Bridget, so, In their
home. He had been drinking slightly.
and as the dispute heightened he became
enraged, and selling razor saVagely
attacked his wife with 1t, cutting deep
cash In her throat, severiDg the jugular
vein and carotid artery aud infllctinR
otuer wounds. The woman, despite her
terrible and fatal Injuries, rushed wildly
from the house into the street, followed
by her husband brandishiCg the razor,
and iDhlctlng at every step ghastly cuts
with the weapon abuuT her head and
shoulders.
She got away from him for short
distance and ran to the house of
neighbor, but while endeavoring to
OBJ ain an entrance was oVerta en- and
selzsd by the hair by her husbanc,
who Immediately renewed his attack.
The woman then started and ran again,
the husband following, still clutching
her halr and slashing at her with the
razor. The horrible chase was then
re-enacted until the woman had
reached her own doorway, where she
fell dead. Sullivan was shortly after-
wards secured by the police and lodged
III jail. After he was satisfied of his
Wlfe's death he attempted to cut his
own throat, and succeeded in crashing
his windpipe, but the wound will not
prove fatal. The Immediate cause of
the crime was an admission of infi-
deity of his wife. Sullivan says he
has nothing to regret, aRd would do
the same thing again.
The daily gazette., 1882-03-28
Seriously III.

Capt. Jt seph Richards, who was strlck-
en- for the second time with para
lysis, at Lumberville, near Phoenlxville,
Pa, on Friday last, 10 lying dangerously
III at his residence, No. 90l Gelpln
Avenue. Mr.. Richards lef. this city on
Friday noon accompanied by Ex-CIty
Treasurer Vincent for LumbervIlle, for
the purpose, ofleollectlDg data for pen
sion. After arriving st Phecnexville, the
nearest station to the point Of their des-
tination they started TO walk, and on the
way, Mr.. Richards was attacked with the
stroke. Being unable to procede fur
ther horse and carriage was procure ed
and he was taken back to the Pheonix-
vile Hotel and received the best of med
cal attention. Word was telegraphed to
his city and his wife accompanied by
bis orotber-in-law, Thomas johnson left
here on Saturday morning, and the un-
fortunate wasremove1 to his home in this
clly. AT present there seems to be bu.
very little hopes OF his recovery.
The daily gazette., 1882-03-28
Diphtheriia,,

A cold or sore throat NAV M.
amount 70 much, and II nrnnr,,9S ~
" can easily be cured; but neglac, y.
followed by c0msumptiOn or sIsa
No medicine has ever been discoraaas
ncts so quickly and SURELY N s,oh
PERRY DAVIS PAIN KIIIrS
prompt use OF this fnpaI,tabls -.A-a
saved thousands OF lives WING
PERRY DAVIS PAIN xu,J
not an experiment.. II has been ~,
public Tor forty years, and d Innst y
where II Is best known. -'''
A few extracts from voluntary test,u,
read as follows; 'N'''l
PAIN KtLLER has been my houueboia -.
colds for the past twenty seven yesrs wv sal
never known u to fail In efTecfing
l.. y. CRocKRn, Williamsville, Nj Y
For thirty years have uaed PiIg Kun.
IOunu II never-failing remedy for eolds IA
hroat.-BAnroN SEAMAN. '0- O''u' W
Have received immediate relief from ~
gore throat. and consider your p.IS ~,
lnyaluaDle reinedy.--GEo. b. EVERETT % D,cE1
have just recovered from very sewn,
relief until ! tried your PAIs KIim
relieved me immediately. / viii never .,l' ~
without Il. : q. o. FORcK. Lowndes. GA
Have used PAIN KILLER In my family IN
years, and have. never known II to fail-Rii
LEWIS, Waynesboro, Ga.
i began using Pam KILLER IN my famlylvl
fYe years AFRO and have used Il ever since hi
lo'lnd no medicine TO take its place-REn
Druggist Oneida, N. Y.
For whooping;cough and Group It d d,
preparation made. We would not BE- wiihas
A. p. RoUTa, Liberty Mills, Va.
For twenty-five years l have used pANKd
for colds aud chRpped lipe, and consideT Il NJ
medicine ever otiered.-GEoH HooPER, Wlnrl
was suffering severely with bronehit. e,
throat was no infiamed / could scarcey m
Guy food. was advised to try your PAN KIn
aud after taking few doses was oOnll
curod.--T. WILKINSON.
DIR. WALTON writes from Coshocsnn, YosI
KILLER cures diphtherin and sore throat Dl
lngly prevalent here. and has not been ND
fail in q single instance. This fact YOU Z
make known 10 the world.
Mrs. ELLEN II. MASON writes: NJ aon vul
violently sick with diphtheria, high feyeg, lnd
chills. No many children have died htfa
afraid to call q physician, and tried yOI
KILLER, He WIS taken on Sunday ID
Wednesday his throat was clear. II w l
derful cure, and wish II could be kn0Ep
poor mothers who are losing 30 many ehiara
For Chills and Fever PAIN KILLEH
no equal It cures when everything elsl
Delays are offen dangerous. bot
PAIN KILLER IN the house is q Safeguard
no family should be without.
An druggists sell it at 25c., 50c., and I
per bottle.
PERRY DAVIS q SON, ppdA
Providence,
The daily gazette., 1882-03-28
A RrITIIant Resentlon.

The concluding reception of the
Saturday Night Club of Philadelphia,
at the residence of Mr.. George W.
Childs, Saturday evening, was q bril-
liant affair. Among those present were
Elk. President Grant, Attorney Gen.
eral Brewster, United States Senators
George II. Pendleton, Wade Hamp-
ton, Henry g. Davis, ]. N. Camden,
Jackson and Hoar, speaker Keifer,
congressman Randall, Kelley, Bel
mont, Roseerans, Governors Cornell
and Hoyt. There were also present
eminent bankers, lawyers, scientists
and prominent merchants. Repre-
sentatives from the leading newspa-
pers Of the country were invited, and
some Of them wera present. The en-
tertainment is said to have cost at
least $4,000 and over 500 part0ok
of It.
The daily gazette., 1882-03-28
suspensIon of Conl nrIninr.

PHILADELPHIA, March 25.-The fol-
lowing notice was issued to-day by the
committee Of the Schuylkill Coal Ex-
change to the coal operators OF Schuyl-
XIII county. The anthracite coal inter
ISIS have agreed to the stoppsge of coal
mining on the following days In Apr /:
The 9th, 7th, Sth, 27tb, 18th and 29Lh.
10 fully carry oat the spirit of the agree
meDt, 1t Is essential that the mining,
hosting, preparation and loading Of coal
during those days be ent rely discontin-
ued, and 1t is earnestly hoped that the
ABOVE agreement for suspension will be
carried out by every one in good faith.
The daily gazette., 1882-03-28
senator niII ImprOving.

PHILADELPHIA, March 25.--Senator
Hill, Of Georgia, who had an operation
performed on his tongue at the jefferson
Hospital in this city s1me time ago, has
agaiu returned for treatment. The
physicians at the hospital state that the
wound caused by the former operation
had been allowed to heal when It should
have been kept open. A collection OF
pus had formed il the throat, which was
relieved upon his arrival bera by the
opening Of the healed wound. There
was free discharge, and the pbysicl ans
say there is no apprehension Of a serious
retult, and that there will be no neces-
sily for another operation.
The daily gazette., 1882-03-28
southwestern Inundation,a.

NEW ORLEANS, March 20.-The For
dache levee, on Bayou Grostele, has
given way In many places and the whole
of the Grostete, sugar district will iDevl-
ta0ly be submerged. The people hope
TO save their horses and mnles, but their
cattle, sheep and hogs mu st be lts'. A
despatch from Port Allen to- day co.,
firms the report Of the crevasses on
Bayou Grostete and the inHpdatlou OF
many valuable sugar plantations. APP
peals from there are being made for
boats In which to save the stock. The
water at Baton Rouge has risen two in
ches during the past twenty four hours.
At $50 this morniOg heavy rain and
thunder storm prevailed there. At New
Orleans b gh winds prevailed, varying
from southeaS, to southwest threaten
ing rain.
The daily gazette., 1882-03-28
PeFnOnaI


vShss.l General Grant and VIII.
Mashineton yesterdayy." y"S Ths rstui
mexico In q few daJs' Aney "a
d. Daniel Dougher.y win a.u
tuse on "Oratory" in tnn tunsa'st
academy OF Music next Fr,s.B srs B.I
,,hS Dsvid Davis heard a sto,S ,1.s y =
S,ner SsoS cay that he saia hs 70 ogl
soVo y Abraham Lincoln ~ co,,,s would
Charles n. sayre, Eso .,
Jonn :. Gerhard, ESQ. :. y ! a. ~ y mut|
ten 20 practice In the SurraOe = Oeen
Pennsylvania. supreme Uc|
The Late stouRhtou F,.,.,
nnnianapoiIa, nn lett an estate sener "
~ 900, y hich wa1 aIv,nt.h %ot.h
ameug bis four children, '''usd =
Pere Hyaoinths when osv..
Prussian soldiers wers eeu so w
victorious replied: "BecapsSs ~ ~ uoiO ].
tue" carries a Bible in his ksH.a. sS.,,
General james A. Beaver "''' r,'
we oentra! figures at the large sS' =,
o. the Saturday Club at MI ot,,. KY
is origot and buoyant as brldst, h.l,
Senator Cameron was pravsn,.
a!tendipg the Saturday q nh NM ,as
given BY Mr.. Chiljs, BY llIpe..' .'' !
Aevare cello. usys
The daily gazette., 1882-03-28
W nat the Peruvian Minister Says

WASHINGTON, March 26.-The
Peruvian minister, Senior Elmore, WA
questioned at a late hour This afier-
noon as to the various conflicting
reports respecting the printed copy OF
the protocol alleged to have been
signed by Senior Balmaceda and Mr..
Trescot. The minister was reticent,
and declined either to express an
OPTION as to the authenticity of the
document as published, or TO comment
upon the principles laid do n therein
as forming the ground work for a
treaty of peace between Chilli aud
Peru. Senior Elmore said, however,
that up to 8 O'Clock he had heard alb
solutely nothing, directly or indirectly
through Peruvian or American
sources, to indicate that there was
such document in existence.
The daily gazette., 1882-03-28
From rssssrday.s late Ea,troa
chlar TauueIl.


The various companies of the Fire De"
partment; are leaving nothing undone 10
make the funeral OF their late chief the
largest ever witnessed in this city.
Each company will vie with the 9TH
er to elaborate tier respect and gifts 70
the dead chief.
The last words be ever uttered was In
respect to the Fire Department.
II has been suggested that should the
day be favorable one, each company
draw their bose carriage heavily draped
In the funeral cortege.
Chief Tszwell, 10 the only chief that
has died during bis term OF Office. In
fact all the Ext hiefs az still living.
The only death that has occurred dur
ing the term Of Office was First Assist
ant Stidham of the Rel ance.
The religious ceremonies over the
dead chief will be held In Elm Street
Baptist Church.
II Is estimated that not less than one
thousand hremen will be In lire.
The committee Of the various compa-
n,es Will meet In the Water Witch
House tomorrow evening.
A special meeting of City Council will
be called for the purpose OF attending
the funera In body.
The daily gazette., 1882-03-28
A TRAIN FALLS THROUGH A
BRIDGE.

RIBHMoND. Va, March 26.--A deg-
match fr I'M GFeepbrier, white SULPHUR
5plnea says tia o serious disa.tsr oc-
curred on the Chesapeake and Ohio
RsiIWay yesterday evening, about SIX
O'Clock, about SIX miles eatt Of Hilton,
w, Va. A coal train, composed III en-
Elne, tender and 22 cars, went through q
ir stls at thai point over the New river.
The engineer Il rsrorted injured, and
the Hrsmau, MacWilllams, brakeman
Reynolds and a carpenter, named
Hawk were killed. A fsrce Of carDen-
tiers were engaged repairing the trrstle.
ali Of whom had quit for super
but the one who was killed when the
train went through. This saved agreat-
or l,sa OF life. Several other men are
said to be injured, hut IL 10 impossible
70 give farther psrtic ularp, owing 20 the
extreme rstlcance OF the railroad OH
cials.