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HUMOROUS.

Mamma, do you know how 1 get
into beds quick?" ''No, my daring;
how do you?'' .'Why, l pu one foot
on the bed and then holler 'rats!' and
scare myself right in. a. y News
IA tramp reading that 'there must
be a conspiracy of six different persons
in order to beat the Government on the
whisky taxi said: THAT'S nothin'
It I'D take more'n that to beat me out
of a cent. aaa M a 81
What do we give up asks a
clergyman, ''in abandoning liquorp"
We should say he gave up. the liquor,
for one thing, and perhaps greatmany
consequent bowling headaches. Nor
riSt0an Herald.
I. -" Yes, avs Mrs. Parvenu, whose
husband used to shovel gravel in Cali
fornia-''yes, our house is furnished in
the very latest Aunt Teck style from top
to bottom. You know my husband
keeps up with the times, if it takes a
) leg Chic Igo lNeaoS q i -.s1I
81 "A man, on being told by a generous
farmer that he would give him barrel
of cider, asked the farmer if he would
bring it to his house. Certainly" re-
pl ed the farmer, r'with pleasure"
We'll said the grateful man, " what
will you pay for the barrel when the
cider is gomez"
"A bright little three-year old likes
very much to go TO church, and espe-
cially enjoys the singing. One day the
choir sang Ro k of ges, Cleft. for
Me" and, after she got home, the little
one was heard singing, very seriously,
Rock the babies, kept for me. -!
Nursery I0,cS.a 4 ta1
Eyes" said one Cortland lady to an
other, recently, 'my husband sold out
his store some time ago." '.Then he's
out of business nowp" ''Oh, no. He's
in some kind of business; manufactur-
ing, | guess. heard him say he was
putting up margins for pork, the other
day. "a T. ledger. H1
Women will never be allowed to vote
until they are able to bride their
tongues. Drummer. Saddle be the
day and full of wheel and whoa when
there are no wagon tongues. VIII eS4ik
Times. Sirs, single ladies might take
exceptions to your racy puns. Fort
p. ain Register. Yes, it may stirrup
row and trace OF anarchy may rein.
WhitehGU Times. al. ~.f, a,-
"A negro who had sawed some wood
for dentist found a difficulty in col
Letting his two dollars but one day
bright thought struck him. Repairing
to the dentists Office, he asked what the
charge was for extracting teeth. "A
dollar each,'' said the dentist. .'Then
pull two out for me- But after exam
lining his mouth, the dentist told him
that all his teeth were sound. Never
mind--go ahead;'' and after having a
couple pulled, the darby exclaimed:
Now we are straight in our accounts,
and guess Wen stop SO. - Chicago
Times
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NUMBER Il.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

1t is said that Sarah Bernhardt will
play Rosalind in English in the United
States next year.
Rev. Ira G. Tyson, Of London
derry. N. H, is writing history of
Presbyterianism in New England. and
is finding ample material for very in
teresting volume.
3 I'll viii now ask my esteemed
friend, Mr.. William E. Dodge, to pre-
$ de, said DR.. Zachos. at the Cooper
Institute the other night, forgetting
Mr.. Dodge's recent decease. Y.
Sun.
The affection of the brothers, Cen
eral and Senator Sherman, is said to be
very strong for each other, and it is re-
marked that neither has thought that
is not connected with the other.
tr0I Post.
-The &irst volumes of a complete cdi-
ton OF Martin Luthers works will be
brought 0 It in Germany next Novem-
Der, in time to celebrate the 400th ami
versary of the Reformer's birth. Three
volumes Will be publishe d every wear
thereafter until the edition is completed.
Late advices from Nice mention ap.
provingly the first appearance in con-
cert, under the stage name of Giannini
Savini, of young American singer.
pupil of Signor Muzio. from whom much
is, hoped. She is q Californian named
Sawyer. 1t is reported that Verdi is to
superintend her debut in Aida next
month. and that he says the young la
dy's voice is of marvellous quality.
Mr.. B. P. Shillaber, better known
as ''Mrs. Partington,'' is called on to
mourn the loss of his wife. She was the
daughter OF Maximilian John de Roche
mont, one of Huguenot family of that
name who settled several generations
ago near Portsmouth, n II. Her father
taught several European languages in
New Hampshire before going to Louis
lana to take charge of a newspaper. In
the political troubles incident to the
transfer of the Louisiana territory to
the United States, he was murdered on
account of his published opinions. M
7. Post ....-.
Twenty-Five Governors have occul
pied the chair of State in New York in
the LOG years. of the States existence.
There are now eight survivors of this
number Hamilton Fish, whose first
term began in 1919; Horatio Seymour,
whose first term began in 1858; Myron
II. Clark, loo; Reuben Z. Fenton, 1865;
John I. Hoffman, 1869; Samuel j. Til
den, 1875; Lucius Robinson, 1877; and
Alonzo B. Cornell, 1880. Ten of the
twenty-five were elected for two terms,
and these were: The two Clintons,
John Jay, Tompkins, Marcy. Seward,
Morgan, Seymour, Hoffman and Fenton
the last three still being in the land
of the living, Syracuse Joa51Yaat. ~
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Please Call.

At one time Yesterday forenoon there
we're five ladies in a Woodward avenue
boot store All went out at about the
same time, and while two crossed the
street the other three stood before the
window talking. a clerk discovered
that one of the five had left pair of
shoes on the counter, and he at once
rushed out and said
g Excuse me, but one Of you ladies
left pair of No. shoes in our store. y
Each one of the three looked him
square in the eye with cold-steel ex-
preston. and each one denied that she
had let any such package. The clerk
then ran across the street and overt OK
the other two ladies and called out:
(which one Of you left a pair of No.
Z shoes in our store?''
b tn turned on him with stately Dig
aity and icy countenances, and denied
The ownership of the package. and lie
found himself obliged to carry it back.
The shoes are there yet, and the owner
is requested to please call and take them
away She can send her husband, who
can remark that the shoes are for his
bostler's wife, or she can call in person
and say that she was on her way to the
express Office to send them to poor wild
0w in the western part of the State. Any
Kind of an excnse, no matter how
thin. viii be promptly accepted, De-
troll Free Press,
~ g4FsFsm
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Good Advice.

A young workman of Columbus,
Ca, recently sent Senator Brown a
pair of shoes of his own make. and re-
ceiVed the following note of thanks:
Please accept my sincere thanks for
the present which you send me of a
pair of CATERS, | suppose they are
called, made with your own hands,
You state that you are seventeen years
of age, and that they are made by your
self. / trust that this speaks well for
your future If many thousands of the
youth OF the Southern country would
engage in useful pursuits of that and
Ike character, instead of passing a
great deal of their time in idleness, as
soae do. the country would be in bet
ter condition. Always recollect that
all labor that is useful is honorable. In
whatever position a young man is
placed, if she has health. he has it in
his power. by his labor. to make him.
self useful and respected and delight
to see the young men of Georgia laying
aside all false pride on this subject and
going to work manfully to make good
living and make themselves use -ul citi-
zens | trust you may become dis
tinguished in your trade, or profession,
and may not only make yourself seful
to others, but that you may be emf
nently successful in building up your
own fortune"
7
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of ammunition and $ls4 In gold were found
on them. ssn 43
. A BILL has been passed BY the New Jersey
Senate prohibiting the sale of tobacco in any
form to minors. under penalty of twenty dol
lars for each ofense. tfea aaa
IT is expected that Parnell, Egan and
Davitt will be present at the convention of
the Irish Land League of America at Phila-
delphia, April 25 and 26.
THE funeral of James Elliott, the prize
fighter who fell by the pistol of Jerre Dunn
in Chicago, occurred in New York on the
18th, about fifteen hundred Eeople following
the body to the grave. a,s saasGkg
B JOHN 5, SYREN fatally shot his sister-in-
law and then himself at Philadelphia the
other morning. The motives which prompted
the crime we're unknown.
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IATER..

n - 800 ( 8 Z.
PATRICK EGAN, Treasurer of the Irish Land
League, arrived in New York on the 18th.
He denied the assertion that his departure
from Dublin was caused by fesrthat he would
be connected in any way with the assassina-
ton league, but said he came to America on
\ commercial errand. Mr.. Egan further
stated that the money and securities Of the
Land League were in safe hands. aaa9
SEcRETARY LINCOLN has asked the Presi-
dent to order court-martial for the trial of
General Hazen, Chief SIGNAL Officer Of the
United States army. ae@ Ha m
PROF. WIGGMs, so far from being cast
down, clai that his predictions relative to
the weather from the 9thto the 18th of March
have been literally fulfilled, and alleges that
the so-called tidal wave at Halifax on the
18th was the highest ever known
THE death OF exc Congressman Flournoy
occurred at Danville, Va, on the morning of
the 18th.
THE German Minister OF Marine, Admiral
Won Stosch, has resigned because Of . differ
ence with Bismarck.
FRIEND, HUMPHREY u Sons, extensive
leather dealers at Albany. N. r. have failed.
A PARls dispatch of the 18th says that Pres
ident Grevy had announced his intention to
soon resign the Presidency.
The Social site disturbances in Paris are
attributed to the fact that there are $4,000
workmen in the city out of employment.
SAMUEL G. WYMAN, a millionaire of Balti-
more, who died recently, left such indefinite
instructions as to the disposition to be made
Of his estate that it Is feared that the LAWYERS
will get the greater part of it. az % bee
g EMMETT o. NELL. q broker of Schenectady.
N. Y, has swindled reople with whom he hal
business. relations out of the total sum of
$25O, 900, in amounts varying from $500 to
$4,000. IN ssssssSs assa#a
BILL prescribing the whipping-post as
the pen lty for wife beating passed the Iii
nois House of Representatives on the 18th.
IVES, BEECHER & Co, liquor dealers of
New York City, have FILLED for $500, 600
ADANGERoUs counterfeit of the standard
silver dollar is being circulated in Ohio and
Indiana It has the weight and ring of the
genuine coin, and reiists the acid test. 49, -
AN earthquake shock was felt in Hartford
County, Md, a few days ago, which ratified
dishes on supper-tables and excited the peo-
pie greatly.
IN The creditors of George II. TAYLOR & Co.
paper=dealers, Of Chicago, have agreed to set
tie at forty cents on the dollar.
The total values Of exports of petroleum
and petroleum products from the United
States during the seven months. ended Janu-
airy 81, 1883, were SIS, 9l0. ga and for seven
months ended January 81, 1882, SSls n, ESQ
In order torecover the cargo of he steam
er Cimbria, which was sunk January 10
last, in the German Ocean. the use OF dy-
Mantle will be necessary, involving the prob
able mutilation Of the four hundred corpses
imprisoned in the wreck,
A7E 9 81
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was entirely washed away, and all who lived
upon the island we're supposed to have been

fHE man Watson, convicted Of offering
bride TO a member Of the Ohio Legislature,
has ca sentence to one year in the peni-
Tertiary at Columbus. - f.as.-.sa
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4 HORRIBLE FATE.


A Railroad Boarding House Destroyed by
Fire-Eleven of the Inmates MiserabIy
n Perish in the FIames-SeveraI Others
More or Less Seriously Burned.
ass aD ST. PAUL, MIMI, March II.
Deadwood special Ito the Pioneer Press says:
i AT eleven o'clock last evening fire was dis
covered in the large two-story boarding-house
owned by Hood & Scott in brownsville, on
the Homestake Railway, nine miles from this
city, and in less than thirty minutes the entire
structure was destroyed. The following
named persons persisted in the flames: Peter
Hansen, Lewis Hansen, r. G. Wright, Thomas
Finless, James Chalmers, James Tennecliff,
Samuel Hayes, Fred D. Peters, Charles Ham
montreed, w. Ell. Andrews, Harvey Wood.
Several others were burned and more or less
seriously injured.
The building was a long, low, cheaply-con-
strueted affair of pitch pine, and burned with
the greatest rapidity.
The bunk-room occupied loft, access to
which was gained by means OF one ladder at
the end of the room The fire undoubtedly
started near the ladder, cutting off all retreat
Several of the deceased leave large families
and all were well known and esteemed.
brownsville is located in a heavy forest,
from which the Homestake Company draws its
Immense supplies of fuel and timber for mines
its preparation, Large numbers of people Wis
tied the camp this morning, and much excite
ment prevails
The IKE originated through the carelessness
of the cook, Peters who placed bundle of
kndlings at the side of the stove. from which
tine burning Goals fell. The flames immediate
~ communicated to the pitch-pine fran work
Of the building, over which they spread with
great rapidly. curt ng off all retreat from the
loft by way of the ladder. One window at the
end of the loft not over ten feet from the
md r1f.I 1nI
the inmates promptly availed themselves of
it. but aroused from sound sleep they ran
around bewildered. and only four saved tn M
selves by Jumping, and they were badly
burned, the legs Of two 50 seriously that am
putation Will be necessary.
The room was usually occupied by thirty
men, but at the tine of the fire twelve were
Peters WIS asleep on the lower floor, but so
bewildered was he when aroused that he made
no attempt to escape by the door, not five feet
distant.
The remains of the eleven unfortunates
present most sickening sight, many being
headless or Iimbless, and all charred AMI
blackened hey 0nd all 70 sibe recognt on
The Coroner will hold an investigation.
s------
A CoLoRED woman, named Martha Johnsop,
residing in Marshall, Tex, while lying down
recently smoking her ipe, suddenly rose, and
saying she was smothering gasped end fell
dead A Coroner's inquest returned ve,-
dict of death from suffocation, caused b.
nicotine In the throat.-N Y SIM
A BnLIARD-MATcH on which s49, 900 was
gered was played in New York the other
evening, Davie Johnson beating Charles F.
Davis by 200 to 1876 points.
PETER DAKEsTRoM, a farmer living near
Fargo, D. T., battered his wife with sledge-
hammer recently, and then hanged himself.
The woman would recover
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Near Gratz, KY. a seven-y ear-old
son of Dan Criswell. while playing re-.
Gently with some other children. hid in
straw-stack, and the others. while
undertaking to smoke him out, acct
dentally fired the stack, and the child
was burned to death before he could get
out.
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A BLLIARD-MATcH on which 81, 900 was
gered was played in New York the other
evening, Davie johnson beating Charles F.
Davis by 200 to 1876 points.
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residing in Marshall, Tex, while lying down
recently smoking her ipe, suddenly rose, an d
saying she was smothering gasped end fell
dead A Coroner's inquest returned a ve,-
dict of death from suffocation, caused b.
nicotine In the throat.-N T. SWn
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PETER DAKEsTRoN, a farmer living near
Fargo, d. T., battered his wife with sledge-
hammer recently, and then hanged himself.
The woman would recover
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The executors of the late Chief
Justice Joel Parker, of New Hampshire,
have notified the trustees of Dartmouth
College Of their readiness to pay the
college $4,000, as the first install rent
of Judge Parkers bequest for the es-
tablishmcnt of law school in the COZ
lege. asa. S.
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A well-clad and respectable mah
recently created a great stir in London
by promeIading the streets sandwiched
between two boards viii h bore thesa
pacards. s'Generai Post office -Di-
charged fG not sallting a clerk. TwepH
ty-five years Her Majesty's servant =
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DR. Julian, a New York savant
says there is not a modern building
which win be in existence 1,Mt0 wears
hence. There always some one rising
up TO say something 10 keep folks awake
at night and make them miserable. =
iSOnlerciitt Journal.
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Of the New Orleans Mint is working on a
contract with the Mexican Government for
the COINAGE of 10000, 900 pieces Of nickel
money. SIS -
The well-known Greek statesman, Cou-
moundouros, is dead.
OVER 1900 persons had been arrested in
Andalusia, SPAIN up to the 18th, for COM
plicity In the anarchist movement The
charges were murder, outrages and being
abettors of the sBlack-hsnd', Society,"
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tered the sharp pointed blade, severing all
the vessels in its passages and issuing clean
out at the other side. 1t was all over. Pal
acios fell to the floor, past the care Of doctor
or priest. At six o'clock he was corpse.
The body was left there lying stiff and cold
that few moments before was SO full of
fierce life. The authorities were informed.
The police came and conveyed the corpse
to the morgue. He WAS buried by his COM
rades of the volunteers 4 cautious line in
a newspaper regretted tho sudden death"
OF the Young man.
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SCHEME
CAPITAL PRIZE -, 900.

356 Prizes distributing $13,O5O
TICKETS ONLY 81.
Plan of Lottery similar to that of Louisiana
Company.
Special attention is invited to the following
certified deposit: ,co,
NORFOLK Va, October %, 1883.
sl3O5O HF T5HH doSHASr H!Sfz s%S"S Sas aop1:'d sS
with Burruss, Son & CO., bankers, Thirteen Thou
sand and Fifty Dollars to meet the prizes in the
drawing, to take place on NoyemDer ~; =; 1sS$
Anplicaton for club rates or for information
npon auy other business, should be plainly writ
ten. giving State. County and Town of writer.
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than by p o. money orders or registered icttors
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be paid by the company ~
Address plainly }. T. HOhEACn;
Norfolk, Va.
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the State. Address applications as above. oct2
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JOHN LANNON,
WHOLESALE
GROCER AND LIQOUR MERCHANT,
Corner Market street and Strand,
Alexandria, Virginia.
AGENCY DUPONI"S SPORTING, MINING and
BLASTING POWDER.
full line of celebrated pure old Whiskies,
Brandics, Gin, Rum, &C.. Massey & Co.'S Phila.
dclphia and Claggctt's Baltimore Ales, and Berger
& Engcl's Lager Beer, in casks or bottles.
Agent for the POTOMAC RIVER STEAMERS.
Orders promptly attended to and consignments
solicited. my1-tf
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TINTED STATES OF AMERICA,
u Eastern District of Virginia, SIS:
Charles II. Smith. Tn admiralty in csuse
Go


w., . of contract, &c.
Whereas libel has been filed in the District
Court OF the United States for the Eastern District
of Virginia. on tho 10th Of November, 1850 by
Charles II. Smith libcllant, against the steam tug
Endeavor in cause Of contract civil ana mari.
time and praying process may issue against said
vessel. her tackle, apparel, and cargo. and that
said vessel may be condemned and sold to pay
tho demaLd of said libelant with costs, charges,
aud expenses:
Now, therefore, in pursuance OF the monitlon
under the seal of said Court, to me directed and
delivered | do hereby give public notice to all
persons claiming the said vessel or in any man
acr interested therein that they be and appear be
fore said District Court, to be held at the Court
Room in the city of Alexandria, i'll and for The
Eastern District of Virginia. on the 3oth day ot
November, A. d. 1883, at 10 o'clock a. M. OF that
day provided the same shall be day Of iurisdlc-
ton, otherwise OH the next day of jurisdiction
thereafter, then and there to lnterposc Their
claims. and make their allegations in that behalf.
Dated at Alexandria. the 14th day of Novcm-
her 1883 &c. ONEAL.
Deputy c. s. Marshal.
A. ". ARMSTRONG,
Protector for Llbcllant. novI'
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LOTTERY.
A BRILLIANT SCHEME.
THE DISMAL SWAMP LOTTERY,

OF NUNFVLN, Z.
$4,000 TICKETS 356 PRIZES
The franchise of this enterprise is based upon
the charter granted by the Legislature OF the
State to the Dismal Swamp Canal Company and
ts legality has been fairly tested before the court.
The object in view is the Improvement and
extension of the Canal, and that full opportunity
may be given for the purchase of the tickets OF
which there only
$4,000 WITH :i56 PRIZES,
the Drawing has been fixed for tho
22d of NOVEMBER. 1883.
at which time, WITHOUT POSTPONEMENT, it
will be made in the city of Norfolk, before the
public, and under the supervision of Il committee
of reliable citizens. and in like manner each sue
ceeding month.
zz9~ Tickets bearing date September 10Th hold
good for the Drawing of 22d November.
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VIZ A. JOHNSON 6 CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
And Dealers in
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS.,
Have ON hand GIBSOSS Xxx, XXX, XXXX,
and PURE OLD RYE. OLD CABINET and
MONOGRAM WISHES: also BAKERS and
THOMPSON'S PURE RYE WHISTLES. to which
they invite the attention of the trade.
Orders from the country for merchandise snail
receive prompt attention.
Consicnments of Flour. Grain and Country Pro-
duce solicited for which they guarantee the high
est market prices and prompt returns.
Northeast corner of Cameron and Royal streets
sen14 Alexandria, Va.