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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-01-01
DoToMAC STEAMBOAT COMPANY.

fCOIOblAC 81 EAMBOAI COMpAN I.
The ever popular palace steamer GEORGE
LEARf, with new boilers, new state rooms, new
furniture, carpets, etc, thoroughly renovated ard
upholstered throughout, will leave Prince street
wharf EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY ami
FRIDAY, at . 30 p. IN.
Fare, one way, 81. Round trip, $50.
This company having secured the connection
with the BOSTON and PROVIDENCE STEAM
ERS EXCLUSIVELY. after the above date, all
freight for points East can 20 only by the steam
crs of this line. For further particulars apply at
company's office, 18th st. wharf. Wash 'nrton.
Or, PHILIP r. II ,DE.
ap21 Agt Prn st. wharf
NLYDE's STEAM LINE WE KY TO
PHILADELPHIA.
Appointed sailing days from Alcxa j EV-
ERY TUESDAY aud from Phladelph. EVERY
SATURDAY.
This line connects at Alexandria with the Fir-
ginia Midland and Washington and Otio railroads,
aud at Philadelphia with Clydc's regular Steam
ships.
Freight forwarded with proniptncss and care
free of commissions.
No charge for transfer in Philadelphia Quick
time Frequent departures. Through rates and
through bills of lading given. Insurance at the
lowest rates.
Agents
T. 4. REED & CO., Alexandria
VIM. h. CLYDE & CO.. Philadelphia
JOHNSON & CO., Wash. & (ieorgtn
anS-tf
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DRUGS. CHEMICALS. &s:

DRUGS. Et.EA!!GIi% H:r;
4 \. WAKEFIELD.
~. Successor To .Iauucy y i"l
DEALER ~
DRUGS PAINTS. OILS Garden SEED.
WINDOW GLASS SPICES.
Acids Dye Stuis and Druggists Sundrics.
Physicians prescriptions carefully compounded.
Orders ;.,a inquiries from the country promptly
attended 10.
NEW BUILDING,
-rrl No. 1872 King street
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GRAIN, COTTON

GRAIN, COTTON
AND
PROVISION COMMISSION BROKERS.
No. South Union street.
Constant quotations by direct private wires
from Chicago Board of Trade, New York Stock
Exchange and Baltimore Corn Exchange. Quota.
tions tclephoned if desired. nov24-tf
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SNARFIELD Il HALL,
DRUG lists,
Corner Prince am. Fairfax street,

Prescriptions Il speciality. English, French,
German aud Domestic Toilet Soaps; Genuine
Parma Cologne: Magnolia, Hedyosmia. Geranium
and Florida Water; Genuine Lubin's Extracts;
Spongcs Hair Brushes and Combs best English
Tooth Brushes: Il full assortment of Patent Mcdi-
cines CoSc'S (iclatinc, Corn Starch Sea Moss Fa-
rinc Spices Of al kinds, aud select stock of al
articles sold by druggists st prices as low AS tho
same quality can bc obtained elsewhere. dec
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-01-01

BLEACHING CASES! BLACKING CASES y!
- We have just received nice lot Of Black;ag
Cases, which we are selling very cheap. Just the
thing for nice Christmas present for q gentle
man, MCLEAN & UHLER,
deco T6 King street.
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DOsCHEES GERMAN SYRUP. AYERS CHER
u RY PECTGGAL. Ayers Saisaparila. DIR. Won
Scudcm's Fcnnvl Honey Extract FOR Coughs and
Cold. Allen's Lung nalsam, Himrod'S Asthma
cure Whi.combs Asthma Remedy, Thompscn'S
S,rur Tar :,,,d Wild Cherry, can be found at
" +. CREIGHTON'S,
n,,..> So King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-01-01

p r. FoWLE, JAY COOKE, (se1cIALI
Member Bait. Corn Ex. Member Chicago ed. Trr-'s
IOWLE & CO.,
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VlHE OLD, THE YOUNG, THE SHORT, THE
i tall. the rich, the poor-wc please them all.
writing on the WALL Boots, Shoes and Rubbers,
for one and all, at [dec1l Z. KAUFMANN'S
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John LANNON,

WHOLESALE
GROCER AND LlQOUR MERCHANT,
Corner Market street and Strand
Alexandria, Virginia.
agency DUPONTS SPORTING, MINING ami
BLASTING POWDER.
4 full limo Of celebrated pure old Whiskics.
Brandcs, Gin. Rum, &C.. Massey & Co.'S. Phila-
dclpha and Claggctt's Baltimore Alcs, and Berger
& Engcls 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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VIRGINIA.: In the Clerks Office Of the Cor
poralion Court of the city Of Alexandria, on
the 18th dag of December, 1888.
Anthony ". Armstrong, administrator with the
will annexed Of Elizabeth Dorsey, deceased and
i. Whcatley, complainants, against Anna Tan
ncr, Harriet Dorsey, Annie Day and Elizabeth
Clark, defendants. In chanccry.
Memo. The object Of this suit is to obtain a sale
of the real estate OF which Elizabeth Dorsey died
seized and possessed and to apply the proceeds
thereof to the payment of the debts of the said
Elizabeth Dorsey.
The defendants, Anna Tanner Harriet Dorsey
and Annie Day, not having entered their appear
ancc and given security according to the act of
Assembly and The rules of this court. and il ap-
pcaring ly affidavit thai they are not residents of
this State 1t is ordered. that said defendants ap-
pear here within one month aztec due publication
Of this order and DO what is necessary to protect
their interest in this suit and that copy Of this
order be forthwith inserted in the ALEXANDRIA
GAZETTE. = newspaper published III the city OF
Alexandria, oncc:. week for four successive weeks
and posted at tho front door of the Court House
of this city. copy.test:
MORTON MARYE, Clerk.
4. ". Armstrong, p. q. dcc19-w4w
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AN ACCEPTABLE CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR
n everybody would be bottle of my popular
and DELIGHTFULLY."- fragrant ORANGE BLOSSOM
COLOGNE WATER. In bottles of three sizes at
25c SIC and 81 respectively; also in bulk at 81
per piut A. WAKEFIELD,
Successor to Janney & Co.,
dec7 152 King street.
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COAL, SALT, PLASTER.

w A. SMO0T & CO.,
COAL, SALT, PLASTER.
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
DFFICE-Sm0ot's Wharf.
ap4 Special attention paid to forwarding.
w A. JOHNSON X CO.,
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+ AN now PREPARED TO FILL ALL Or
L DERS FOR
NEW YORK APPLE CIDER.
In Kegs or Barrels. Orders sent by mail nr tclc-
phone will be promptly filed.
Also. HEURICH'S LAGER BEER, and all Soft
Drinks. NJ. T. BRIDWELL,
oct26-3m 351 NJ ST.. Washington D. C.
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STEAMER AGRoWsMITH FOR POTOMAC
GREATLY Reduced RATES

INLAND AND sEABoARn cnAsTING q
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-01-01

>;filLIAM y. HUDSON,
"
Dealer in
DRUGS CHEMICALS, PATENT MEhit 1NE~,
PAINTS OILS, DYE STEFFS
GARDEN SEEDS. Sc.
40. 800 King St, between Henry and Faycttc,
Alexandria, Virginia
Physicians prescriptions carefully compounded
IF a!l hours Night bell at door. ichI
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-05
Vanderbilt as n Johu.

Vanderbilt is crazy over the subject of fast
driving. l have never seen such a man
The fact that he was recently thrown out of
his buggy and nearly killed does not seem
to nave produced the slightest effect upon
him. l was driving up the road the other
day behind a pair of ~trotters which belonged
to another man, when we heard a shout and
the clatter OF hoofs behind US. Already our
horses were going about as fast as l ever
knew them to, and / have ridden behind
them in 2:31 by the watch. 'It's Vanderbilt"
exclaimed the other rau, turning his head
slightly and then laying the braid across the
~trotters, sending them out for all they were
worth. l took hold of the side of the buggy
and held on, The race was pretty hot. and l
had a sort Of vague feeling of uncertainty as
to how far we should be thrown IL either
animal were to strike a stone.
Pretty soon it occurred to me TO look
around at the face of the man who was try
ing to get past US. What an expression
The eyes were fixed In their sockets, look.
ing straight at the tanks of the horses, the
thick coarse lips were tightly drawn, the
deep lines on either side of the nose were
sunken and powerfully marked, the temples
were intersected with swollen veins, the
brow was corrugated in an anxious frown,
and / never in my life saw such another pic
ture of low, brutal excitement. 1t was the
tension Of the engineer who crowds on the
steam and no longer cares whether the boiler
bursts or not Vanderbilt would have rid
den past US that day il he had smashed his
horses, his buggy and himself to smithereens
in doing it. Fortunately for him he was able
to out-trot us without any such result But
one Of these days he will take too big a con.
tract, and go over the fence on his head.
Then what becomes of our b~illionairei
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-05
Tho Italian Governments Cigars.

Luke onaIp III DedolI free ITesSl
The price is t~hree-quartsrs of a penny, and
they make n reduction IL you take a quantity.
The cigars are the most popular in Italy and
are called the "Cavour,n in honor of that
great Italian. Thus doth fame end In smokel
The cigar is long and about the anne size at
both ends. Another popular, but very high
priced cigar, for it costa a whole penny, Is
one with a straw through the centre of it 1t
is long and pointed. l used to smoke it with
the straw in it, but found that they pulled
the straw out, and so 1 adopted that plan,
too, although in so doing I missed the burn
ing straw-stack sort OF delicate flavor.
A cigar is served up more deliberately In
Italy than in any Other country. When you
order n cigar the waiter brings you a wax
candle with n wire arrangement stretching
out from it like two arms. The wniter slowly
lights the candle and places the cigar in one
OF the wire arms with its end In the fame.
There it stays until the end is about burned
off, when it is ready for smoking. Whether
this cumbrous method is necessary because
the average Italian is too lazy to light his
own cigar, or whether 1t is because tho gov.
ernment doesn't put paper into the cigars MS
into the tobacco packets, l do not know.
Anyway, that is tho way you get a cigar
when you are in Rome doing as the Romans
10
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-05

lIFDlldOh llllea
The embellishments of Paris nave had the
effect OF making the city well-nigh childless.
The trndesmRn who has his shop on the
ground floor and his ~sleeping-rooms on the
fourth or fifth story could not keep children
without losing the services OF his wife, whom
he wants to help him in his business. II he
kept children his wife would DO obliged TO
live upstairs, so he sends out his babies to
nurse as soon as they are born, with the in
tention OF letting them remain in the country
until they are 8 or 8 years old; and the
ouvrier, who has generally but one garnet
room up a dozen flights OF stairs, does the
same thing. The result OF this is that moro
than so per cent. of the children born in
Paris die In the baby farmers hands before
reaching their second year. All that the as
sistance publique has tried to do toward
checking this shocking waste Of life has been
OF little avail. Forty creches have been in
stituted, but they meet the wants of only a
small numbers or mothers. n system of reg
steering and inspecting the homes OF peasant
women who took children to nurse has been
attempted. but the assistance gets little help
from parents OF the working class in con-
tending against the rapacity Of baby farm
ers A nurse Of whom no questions ARE asked
charges % francs n month for tho keep of u
baby; those who are registered and SO con-
trollsd that they can only receive one child
demand 50 francs or more. These find their
customer among the bourgeoisie, but the
working classes can not afford to patroniEe
tham
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-05
Inter Ocean.l

llubtA SNtdb.
II that man who suddenly learned that he
had been speaking prose all his life was as
tonished, what will be the sensation of all
lovers on discovering that there is such n
thing as science in a kissl Recently, before
a large audience in New York, II. B. Phil
brock delivered a lecture in which he con-
sidered kissing in its relation to subtle sci
ence. He declares that the reason kissing is
SO pleasant is because the teeth, jawbones,
and lips are full OF nerves, Rnd when the lips
of two persons meet an electric current is
generated. This gives us the idea that the
ecstacy of a blissful thrill, tingling through
the veins and causing the eyelids to close
In the rapturous enjoyment of loves intro
duction, is cold, practical science, and not
the warm, spontaneous flooding of delicious
sentiment.
This view of the advertisement may be
eminently satisfactory to mon of Mr.. Phil
brooks stamp, who possibly attribute the di-
vine essence Of Eros to the principle Of po-
larity, but the young man who sits in the
dimly lighted seclusion of the back parlor
and sips nectar from the luscious lips OF some
unscholarly darling will hardly stop to in
quire il she be thoroughly conversant with
the theory of induction, or knows the differ
ence between q battery and a buzz saw.
Science has many noble works to perform,
and her disciples are Jealous in her ~sorvice,
but when it comes to making a demonstra-
ton in physics OF that which confounds phi
losophy there will be a decided rebellion
against the professors, and realism will sus-
tain a signal defeat from the ideality OF
labial felicity.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-05

Knoxville Letter in Philadelphia Press.
The Island house of Mr.. Perez Dickinson Is
the most attractive thing to the tourist in the
vicinity Of Knoxville. 1t is located about
three miles east from the city, OH the Tennes-
see river, or rather in the river, for IL is, as
its name indicates, 4 house and q farm To-
Gated on an island containing about 500 acres.
Here nature has done everything to give
picturesque beauty TO the scenery and alluvial
richness to the soil; and all this Mr.. Dickin-
son has improved, adorned and utilized on
perfect scientific principles and in the most
artistic style.
As 1t now stands, 1t Is a model farm in all
the departments Of farming and stock-raising;
n grand park, laid out in beautiful and do
lightful drives through natures forests and
across most thoroughly cultivated fields Of
grasses and grain aud growing corn, and then
along miles OF winding roads, through ex-
tensive kitchen and flower gardens, where
every variety OF vegetable, vine and flower is
found growing, either in the open air or un-
der cover OF glass,
Time fails me to speak of tho handsome
farmhouse, the improved stables, and the
palatiRl barn that looked grand enough for
rich people to live in, and OF the blooded
stock, horses, cows, hogs, sheep, etc, tho
sight OF which made me feel MS II / was at
some grand agricultural fair in the blue grass
region VI henJuCky' "neTe the LEST ana InesL
OF all animals and farm products were
brought together to contend for the annual
prizes, The yield Of wheat on this model
farm has been as high as forty bushels to the
acre, and 1 saw Indian corn that would
not fall below one hundred bushels to the
acre.
The farm all the year round is open to tho
public, and visitors come from far and wide,
from every state in the union, and from
many foreign lands. There are books kept
at the farmhouse in which all visitors are re-
quested 10 record their names, and, though
the farm was purchased and improved by
Mr.. Dickinson only eight years ago, he told
me the register Of the visitors now contained
something over $1,000 names, and among
them are those OF presidents, senators, cabinet
officers, generals, poets, preachers, etc. and
also long lists of foreigners, among which are
| tine names OF some not;sm5u AID saa.c-, aai
OF many widely known 10 fame,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-05

ltho Soibihehl
1t would be an interesting and not alto
gether Improbable study for some one with
nothing better to do to work up statistics
concerning the requirement Of land in this
country by foreigners. We do not mean in
farms, but in principalities- A large amount
of English capital has of late years been
drawn 10 investment Ia vast tracts s Western,
southern and southwestern land for specu-
lative and agricultural purposes. Agents there
are who make a business of effecting such
purchases. We have heard recently of a
tract in Florida whose owners nave put up
some 200 miles of barbed wire fences to keep
their cattle within bounds, This is very
well, and may stand as a sure indication of
the way in which the future of the country is
regarded by English capitalists, but it must,
ii it continues. rapidly encroach on the lands
which are open to homesteaders. A thousand
small farms are much better for the nation
than one large one.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-05
NO ROOM IN PARIS.
A Comparison with London---Two
Millions Without Elbow
Room


The population Of Paris has not been aug
mented at the same rate as that of London,
but at the last census it exceeded two million,
and II we compare the area of the two capt.
tails, we find these two millions crowded into
a smaller space than those occupied by any
similar number of Londoners.. A large por-
ton of London is covered with private gar
dens; the parks of london are large and the
squares numerous. In Paris there are very
few private gardens left. There arc three
parks within the city-those Of Monceau,
Montsouris and Chnumont, but the last
named, which is the largest, does not exceed
sixty-two acres, and the three together only
measure 100 acres. The public gardens Of
the Tuileries, Palais Royal, Luxembourg, the
Esplanade of Invnlides and eight small
squares complete the breathing spaces of the
city, occupying in the aggregate less ground
than the st. James ard Green parks, though
10 them must be added the avenue des
Champs Elysees, which, IL it does not offer
the same resources for recreation as a Lon
don park, is a ~favorite walk.
Almost all the parks and gardens of Paris
are mere walks, and If the Partisan wants a
place where he can run or stretch himself on
the grass he must go the Bois de Boulogne or
that of Vincennes, the one four miles and the
other five from the centre of tho city. The
evils Of o~vercrowding are, therefore, already
felt in many ways, and they are likely before
long TO be felt in other ways more severely
than in London. Additional open spaces and
a better class Of dwellings for the poor will
eventually be provided in the heart OF Lon
don by cutting broad avenues through exist
ing slums and erecting houses of six stories
on sights at present covered by houses of one,
two, or three floors; but in Paris every acre
on which tall houses could be built has been
utilized, and inhabitants continue to accumu-
late in these houses, because so long as the
Notifications Of Paris are maintained work
ingmen will find it inconvenient to live out
side the city walls.
The octroi is the great bar to extra-mural
residence. Nearly every article Of food en-
tering Paris has TO pay duty, so that the peo-
pie who pass the octroi with parcels have to
exhibit their contents, and under such cir
cumstances trains full of workIpen carrying
their baskets Of tools and dinners could not
steam rapidly to their destinations as they do
in London. II the civic authorities let work
men pass the octroi without an inspection OF
their baskets a wholesale smuggling of wine
and spirits would commence; IL, on the other
hand, the baskets were all examined, the de-
lay, confusion and strife would be endless.
Besides, there is no inducement of ~cheapness
in lodgings to make workmen live outside the
Qualifications.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-05

l5L Ioulb bloDe-DeinocrhL
The progress in gunnery WINS well illus
trated by the latest experiment at Shoebury-
ness. A target forty feet thick was set up
composed OF an outer coating Of granite
blocks a foot and a half in thickness, and a
solid interior Of concrete and brick. Against
this at one trial was hurled a shell weighing
1850 pounds, with n charge of $50 pounds Of
powder, the gun standing at n distance Of
30 yards The initial velocity OF the shell
was over 500 yards n second. The blow
completely destoyed the facing OF the target
by dislodging several Of the granite blocks
aud ~deranging most OF the others, while the
shot buried itself several feet deep in tho
brick-concrete filling. At another time a
ball was driven through a target consisting
OF eighteen inches OF rolled-iron plate and
eight inches OF teak. Again, a shell was
forced for eighteen feet into a solid granite
wall forty feet thick. There ia nothing in.
ferior about guns that win do this
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-05
How Prairie Dog. Get water.

It has always been a subject Of curiosity
and inquiry as to how and where prairie dogs,
living on the prairie, far away from any
river or stream, obtain their water. Mr.. F.
Leech, a frontiersman of experience, asserts
that the dogs dig their own wells, each village
having one with a concealed opening. He
knows of one such well 200 feet deep, and
having a circular staircase leading down to
the water. Every time a dog wants to drink
he descends the staircase, which, considering
the distance, is no mean task. In digging for
water the animals display as much pluck az
they do in resisting tue efforts of settlers to
expel them FROM the land of their progcni-
tors
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-05
'lKE'S TOOTHACHB DROPS. o ssi Gla In
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German %lnvi1orator

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Most powerful electric belts free 10 prtients.
To prove the wonderful power OF the Invig.
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d.. BleDlg's wonderful German nyiRorator
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a Cheap Copying InE.
TScicntlnc Americnn.1

A copying ink that may be used without
press or water, and will yield one or two fair,
neat copies, Is mace by mixing 8 parts jet
black writing ink and one part OF glyoerine,
This ink dries very slowly, and must be used
on glazed paper. The writing also must be