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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-29
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-29
rNo 651 H W. CANNON.
dec16-3Ot Comptroller of the Currency.

- nrices at SIS King corner of Royal streets.
Just received a sample LOT of sarven Wheels Of
Eastern manufacture, at much less prices than
ever before offered in this city. Also Woodburn
& Lancaster Sarven Wheels 81 low prices VIC
" oct1O r. CREIGHTON s. SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-29

NATIVE OLIVE SnA2-Just received 9 sup
IN ply of the above named Soap, which we are
selling very cheap.
SUMMERS & ALLEN,
jys1 Cor. King and Royal streets.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-12
Indian Gambling

Wiuncwac Con- SeA f9rs Nen
 About hty Shoshoae sports atrlved here q week ago on si,it to the Flutes The latter rece.ved thcfr friends very cor dially. and, .s is usual In such cases. speedily otsanized smal game for tnc.f entertainment such toargAmcn, has not been seen here in years Ire game was very exei'lng one. rui the bes, 1; ieeIing prevailed and does yet. although the piutes are destitute oi every nins they once held dear such d pl4eking of one tribe by another has noi been known m th's country before
 The game began d fes hours after the arnyai oi the Shoshones. and. fannihg day and night. lasted without lHtcfiug,lon uniil to day. when the last Plae blan.et, plug hal, ii ,nnel shirt. gun and paiI of boots The lndlans placed two poles or the ground, soog, ten Ice, apart and pataiiei ~IIh each oihe., and then sal on the ground cross-legsed out side ;ke poles. The stakes we're pia eG on the ground be'ween paics k.llh ,'de ~as fuuhshed wI,h sa or e ht small stla Ss and jour ionl oHcs. A0 stftags O. sina.l sheiis were pEo, I'ed. and. i'ei !; MAS deciced b, chance ehiCh sldt should sie inc shells, the sport began. 4 ioN chant. accompanied oy the strlking of the poies aiin the stit ks and ihe sway ing oi the bodies ot tae players to and fro. as then begun b me sice ah.t h won the sh-lis. anc the t~o Indians who had the shells moved their hands and arms and changed the shells from one hand 10 the other, ana finally concealed both hands under Ihelr blankets and ceased moving them. This sc~rncd to oe the s'gnAl for one of the gam oiers on the other side 10 guess IF winch hand the shells were concealed. If he guessed right the shells were thro~n to his side and two of tke shor sucks Then he singing and poundiAg and gyrauons were tasen up by tf.sr ssde and cont n ued until the shell. <ere rosn b4cs by he other s,oe When at the shor sucks sere "u one the game sas d=c.ded, the plase5s nassns the st.c&s bang de- c!ared the sicters. The eh4nting and the beating cf ihe ,ie~ 'h.n ceased sn,ll ih- stakes for another game ~ere dtpos- i,.d upon the groond. when the perform anc- ~aa FeDeatcc
 A iae outset the games ran evenly. ba; in ire course ' t~o or tArs- days the saasl one, -. th.- led, and .I inc s,lver iii4t asyc4rrd IT. tLe si4kes after that was put there by them, the Flutes Experimenting their guns and other valu- ables- Once or twice the Putcs made
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-12

small winnings, and their joy was great. but before they could entice any of the silver to their side luck turned against them again. They sent runners out in all directions for reinfarcements. and raking and scraping everything that the tribe had that could be sold or gameled away. they lost i; sll. When they could borrow and beg no more they reluctantly abandoned the game. The Shoshones. laden witk their spoil. are on their way home, and the Flutes, always miserable creatures, are jus; now doubly So. Some of them have been in town to-day beg- ging. and probably others will appear soon. Chief Naches says they are desti- tute of everything that many of them are shivering with cold. and that nothing but the fear that the white men will laugh at them has kep, them away as long as this.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-12
My Mother
CM I've

II ,liowcd be thy name. 0' Mother. for of al things earthly you are the dear es, Ia my he4r,. The great regret nf our lfe IS ;ha; we have been less knd than kla The wlutcr's blasts may ho~l and the col north WiDd bite. bu; they are powefiess 10 dam up our love for you who now hath silver locks upon thy fur To~cd DION. True, you have often taken us ovS yoar knee and ,harned the ever lasting weep oIi of IS but we deserved harsher 1T, a,meni All there IS of man m our eccentric. bu, tcrse career we heartily thank thy gentle guiding hand for ,npArung IL Who bat oar mother soorhed the sobb,ng boy, aiayed hIs childish fears, and bu,chered his Sunday pants to sea ia,e rag carpets Mother 4s fhc piuacea for al aches and pains. ohe hNeG the seductive mustard plaster ~hefe il did he most good, and went through our hand mc-dowE trunk ID search of ihe festive old and greasy eue rre deck wbIcn she ever faithfully offered up on a burning altar of live csals- When she once struck d trail of sin Ia OCT gulleless nature she foll wed the iesd 10 ,ich success and large variety Of p-tnheo ey.l. The bes, of boys wili io things no~ and then iha, makes mother weep. ba; for every tear tl.a, stained my mothers cheek l beg ten thousand blessings on her dear good soul lime may change our friends, and efface the cherished reaoliee,ions of our piay-,ime days, but all the floods of earth and time of eternity could not wash s~ay the beaa,iful picture ID my mind of a ~oman rightly stopped by whitening years. p,nehed here and there by cease less cares s,iil hopeful and young in a wealth of smiles for her small brood. Ina, woman E my mother Every no'her should be as dear to her son's heart as ihis angel ~om4n IF to me God bless her. We hope 10 catch q glimpse of heaven shen the peariy gates may open ;o receive sreh prerlous trus. as a faded mother. No one can have So good iriend as ls has mother.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-12
Joe kerupers Oia Mule
' nta, !, m l.msn.l

oe kempe, old mule IA dead. lie d,ed oi old age The .otoneis jufy fen- defed verdi { oi death hon heatt dis- ease Ills name was iianspsf,e. but hc was jailed lsnny it sho,t. though he history apd though he couidn's rcsd u himself he tcsoliee,ed everything in Il and good deal more lie had a aouth cfn-side fame in, intelligence. When the Late un' isii e'vl vat began he was Then well aged and he took 4n .aetse pat m that struggle. thoagh he nrse, situRgied hatd al anything he would pull lus, so hard and n", pound ha,.ies.
 lianY ~aN pressed into the lnioa army, but has synpathics were ai~aya wnh thc youth. pf .hH b he never failed to gise daily evidence ta instance, when the c9uteda would he vanqnishrd in battle 'n ~his Il hr wss in, hs would look slDs, iauttseb yeuA older than he ~as and \ 1uidn ! rai for ses~fsi days and ~tien stsndlng still he eopid s,t-t h ou, his nss poke his head doAn neatly ta ih~ gruund and asautns an attitude ,f fnflptnHeas more than seventeen feet bc yond the zapetlaii degree on tic other hand history h ,s tao hafds whenever the oonfeds would gatn victory old Eisy would brace ap and look psoadss than < country stallion when ID town on county court day And iick lie would kstk ai everything dnion ~i'hin r~ath Of his lightning estend ts Even his driyrs had ,o pretend to han h- ~as conisd m dtsgnise ,p pfevrpi being kicked into Inc ankn0sa a fDiut,f}
 In pnsaie life i5ooy ~as da,lful ,n a iatsli 4ni Nss snt steady snd strong puiisf prominent Sewppf dcnfis, ulsd io engage hun to pgii teeth. bgi he ib- dignAutl, refused oto~es hilnssif to sach pfUiesai"n. And w,se Why, an, he ~as 70 vlsr he soaid have adosned the ladtf lal b~nf h. Popular Everybody loved hum, and he ~aald have f~eeiyed large majority oi votes had he 'ansented ,o rsn fof mag 's,fais. He ot course vas colonel, having been born in Kentucky 'h"ugh nothing would rile him more than ta even hini to hun that he ~4s one of the governors staff He a.ed as he lived, true democrat and afong in the hopes of soiid south
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-12
4 Tree That Has Done It's Duty.
Waterbury Amrfle4n

On the land of Delos Hotc hkiss Of CAe- shre, is an apple tree al .s said te be the las, of an orchard sei oa, by the first srs,iess n that n~,ghhashood and which ls reekoned to be is, years old. The body if th- tree is tous fe.t tn diameter up ta point where the lsu9s branch, of which there are fse man oranc hes, each of @hich are nearly ,~o f~et a diameter
 Is h~ighi IS s'Nfy feet and rom it's up- p-rn,1si bfan' hes apples falling perpen- dtesiafiy lie upon the gtound six rods 1pAn But the marvellous part of the story IS yet to be told and relates 10 the ffalifuiness of the tree Mir iio,chkiss informed me ,,s, he had pi-ked up and meAsafrd Izs bushels of good, sound apples for one years produce of the tree, and he estimates tha, if has borse from io, coo 10 I2 GOO bushels up to this date.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-12
WHO WOULDN'T sg A rARMRR :
Newman (in.l Iadependcn,. l

ss~NNt*&a Asttst haasftN0tutsi It is vcry refreshing tor one that has spent hts life in the country. to read the poetic esfasions of urban writers on the independence and delights of rural lie and scenery. As ~e have spen, useful and happy hic amid tusti. and pictuy- esque scenery. we may be pafdcned If we attempt to give penca portrait of the nosells,s ideal "a home Tn the eoun- try. We may possibly get the pcesical and the practical mixed. ba, ~e shall cii1g to the truth like the old man oi the mountain 10 Ssnbad the sailor.
 How delightful in the early spt,ngtime to lesses beside the pnrling hrookiet and gather daisies and forget How pleasant to watch the playful lambksns in the meadow. and have the heaving bosom oi your trousers buttcd up to the back of your neck by the father -in.l law of the lambkins How mesrily the robin sing. its matin, and the ~h,ppoor~ill echoes it's vesper, in the grcve' How joyful the shou, oa the rosy checked plo~hoy. as he sits down to scratch his sose shin and put an umbrella cover on bis nallless toe. What Iippl,ng peals oi laughter arc heard from the farmers daughter. when hst ham-colosed beau falls over a COW in attempting to kiss her under her corn-silk hangs How gently the soft sephyrs move the tiny leaflets. aS If by angel hands. while the house dog crowns the cat. as she explores the con tents ot the cream Jal
 The oslole ~arbles its happy .on9S oi praise. and the hamming bssd sips na- ,ute's nectar nom the golden cups ot the honeysuekle All earth and ar and sky are hushed and calm. and there ,s no sound to disturb the farmer. AS he hunts for a hot headed humble bee m the left leg ot hts trousers.
 Happy indeed is he who possesses so man, noble animals' The gteat piow- horse. n the majcs,i, pride oi h,s strength. with his tall ove, the linc, and ttampins dosn one row of corn and blowing up anothet. IA the farmers pct whllc the bnndlc bull ,n the sohasd, winch goied the farmers wlic ,o death. siill ~eaia d cotset on h,s horns and hes hoop skirt on.h,s shaggy neck
 And then an the beautiful sabbath morning. the happy farmer. ~,th pic m h's heart and dos-leg tobacco ,n his pns kes, statts to the quic, house oi tod sth his ialn,l, In an oid lumber wagon to pour ieutth ptasSe and tohao,p.Jutoe He sits on tho spfng seat and drtves hke ehn. while the boys sr, dst down in the wagon.
 les. deat tcadet. the ,ountt, is the place iet health and wealth In the country you ~ill no, iind the kid sIoved dude in nnma, ula,e cufis and sin. stained sImpefng soul No. nethlng bat in nasen.e ~dl bc found. You siil ind instead the sun htowned hrto ot the poets fancy. who wears NJ la boots beneath So hat. and fas,ens h,s ool- lu to his ws,sib4nd to keep II ifam JuInp- ing oSct his head when he sneeses He thinks he IA 4 dude when he gets hia yellow dogskln gloves slipped over the warts on his hands. and the, ht him like 4 o,tcus tent would ht a camel He is mol dude, bal sn ale,k. and he smeiis like lanyard stretched over a ,lo,hc, llne
 such Ae feW ot thr brauttcs of as tis ultutal hte H hn wouldn't be iaiincs
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-12
"Here," said l. ~are four guineAs which will stake on your wager"


 No sooner had made this rroposi- ton than the rest of the compdny, a. tracted by the singularity of the affair, came forward to lay down their money, and in a minute or two the htty guineas were subscribed.
 The gentleman was so sure of winning that he placed ali the money ID the sta dents hands and prepared for the experi- ment
 We selected for the purpose a sma all summer house in the garden, perfectly isolated, and having no means of exit bu, by door and window, which we care fully fastened, after placing the young man within, together with writing mater ials on a small table
 We remained outside with the gentle man amongst us.
 In a slow, solemn manner, he began to chant the following lines: What riss,h slow from the ocean caves and
 the stormy surf The phantom pale sets his blaekened foot on
 the fresh green turf.
 Then raising his voice, he said.
 "You asked to see your friend, Francis Villier, who was drowned three years ago, of the coast of South America, what do you seeT
 "I see" replied the student. "a white light arising near the window. but Il has no form
 We tthe specta,ofsl remained pro- foundly silent.
 Are you afraid ?" asked the gentle man.
 'l am not, replied the sudden, firmly Then, after moments pause. the el- der commenced by three stamps on the ground. muttering: And the phantom whitr whose clay cold face
 once 50 fair, Dues with his shrouG his oitnging vest and
 his sea-tossed hair.
 Once more the solemn question: ;" You, who would see revealed the mysteries of the tomb what do you sec now :"
 The answer came
 ' see the cloud take form its head IS covered with long veil Il stands still -
 Are you afraid =
 am not.
 With strange and frantic gestures the gentleman then chanted And the ph.utom sad b ,ac smoking seer, I
 come ifom tte >eat+. bai Il, hand on ny hans-tly srsr, on ir,
 heafi-thy mouth OF ns moeth.
 What do you sec ," he asked
 He comes he putsues me Le ,s stretching out his hand lis Ftanois Fl- llers he will have me Help. help !, Save me =
 Are you afraid now :" asked the other. in moCking voIee.
 \ piercing cry. then stitied groan arc the only replies to the question.
 .. Help tha, rash youth, saId the gem tleman, walking away rapidly let him teep his money and be wiser n the iu- tuTe"
 We opeaed the door of the summer house and found the student in eonvul- sions. \ paper signed" Francis lilliers' was lying on the table.
 As soon as the students senses were restored he asked. vehcmenily. where was that vile sorcerer he would kll him : lie sought hin throughout the mn then, with the speed of lnadman. he started across the fields ID pursuit ot hun
 The dark-iaeed man paused. as If his story was concluded and took long pull a, hls ,umblcr of punch.
 "Weil :" sand 1.
 Well :" sad he. nonchalantly
 There Is something more isn'l there :: The story IS no, quite ended =
 "pulte, said he.
 II don, understand. How did :, end :"
 '.knd" he cried Il did not end. Neither of them ever turned up They ad sin, pty fuo,buuprb oS mn, ot pt,r money by villAinous dodge. told you the Cork people were Artiesa and inno- cen, very
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-12
Ssddesi When He Sits.
tN.ail~,o.n If4n,erip,

Ah,n said the nice young man ~i,h bangs. as the little boy let him in, the other eveping. "Ah, my liitle man, is your sister al home Yes, she's home, bat she Ain't expecting you" And how do you kno~ she isn', expecting me ' Cause heard her tell ma that you're too mean ,o hire horse and sleigh. and she dldn'i expect to see sign of you ~hi.e the sno. tasted" !" The llt,ie boy is now sAddess when he sits.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-12

There arc some marriages which re- mind us of the poor fellow who sad " She couldn't gei any husband and couldn't get any wife, so we go, mar ned. Boskoa Co1,fSy.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-12

4 ne~ bt.dge at Niagara is k-o~n as the canu-Iever Knock out the ''i" in can't and II ~lii sound very much like an appropriate title for the young fellow who remains with his girl until o'clock in the morning.-PiiladelpAia CAyoniei<.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-12

Two circular dress seais," was the application sent recently to the box-office Of theatre by young lady Of Augusta, Ca.-keu Koyk World
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-12
NO. THANK YOU. TOM.
 r. .E. WEATHERLy.

rhsy met when they were girl and boy. Going 10 school one day, And won | you take my peg top, dear - Was all tha, ne could say. Shr hi, her little pinafore,
 Close to his side she came ~he whispercd, No no, thank you. Tom, B-t took il all the same They met one day, the sell same Way, When ten swift years had flown. He said I've nothing but my heart, B., that is yours alone ..a And wonf yeu take my heart.' he said, And called her by her name. she blushed and said, No, thank you,
 Tom,n
 f-t took Ii all the same
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-12

And twenty, thirty, forty years. Have brought them care and joy; She has the little peg-top still, He gave her when a boy. i've had no wealth, sweet wife. said he, slSe never brought you fame " >hr whispered, No no. thank you. Tom, you've losee me all the same."
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-08-09
The Plantation Doctor.

[From the Augusta (Ga.) Chrouicle.t
Prominent among the domestics on
one of those beautiful plantations n the
swamp region Of Georgia where the
magnolia grandifora and the live oak
Mingled their noble shadows forty years
ago was Daddy Jack. A favolife serv-
ant, intelligent, obeGient, courteous, and
with the manners of The old school, he
was now verging upon so. Among
other duties devolved upon him was the
general supervision of the plantation
infrmary, where the sick were carefully
nursed AMI supplied with medicine and
suitable food. Acquiring considerable
knowledge in the treatment of ordinary
diseases incident to climate and ex-
posture, he had become in the estimation
of his fellow servants a famous leech,
and was at all times prepared, with en-
tire self-possession and dignity, to in
dulge in blood-letting. to administer
purgatives, prescribe hot baths, ami
recommend tonics. A pint of blood to
reduce the pulse, then ten grains of
calOmel, followed in the morning by half
tea-cup of castor oil containing three
or four drops of turpentine tOimpart adj
diiional potency to the dose, and finally
snakeroot-tea to brace up the hating
system, constituted the practice IN vogue
in cases of ordinary fever. If this Vigor-
Gus treatment failed of the desired effect
a repetition was generally resolved up
on, and so the patient, sometimes, en-
feebled to such a degree that he no
longer afforded attractive food for dis
ease, slowly recovered in spite of this
heroic "doctoring" As supplement
to his labors as aphysician, Daddy Jack
INDUCED In a rude way in the art IF
dentistry. He understood how to cut
around an aching tooth with the same
lancet which he employed in blood-let-
ting from the arm. He could ami
hilate an exposed and throbbing nerve
with a tenpenny nail heated red-hot.
With the use of an old-fashioned ex
tractor with which to pry out an offend
ing molar, sometimes even at the ex-
pense of a fractured jaw, he was
familiar. In the absence Of a substitute
instrument a strong Irvine string, we'll
waxed. sufficed to pull an incisor.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-08-09
What Mime. Nilsson Wants,

CErom the Utica morning HeraId1
Nine. Nilsson furnishes food for
much speculation in musical circles in a
brief note to a Chicago gentleman.
She writes that it is her wish that a
"a grand national conservatory of vocal
art in the New World should be the re-
suit" of her life work as an artist. If
the people of this great land are in
earnest in regard to it." she will accede
to the wishes of those who have spoken
to her on the subject and accept the
position of directress of the vocal and
dramatic department. As she leaves
soon for Europe she empowers Signor
BrignOh to act for her in the arrange
ment of details, "and when the neces-
sary funds are secured for its founda-
ton" she will return to take position
"at the head of this enterprise
1t is said that wealthy men in New
York and Chicago have been talking of
the plan outlined by Nine Nilsson, and
have promised the necessary financial
backing" This is all that is known of
the matter. Who the hackers are, and
whether it is proposed to found the
conservatory in New York or in Chicago
are among the interesting things I'M
known. But among the certainties, in
the event of successful issue to the pro-
ject, are these: Nine. Nilsson will re-
tire from the stage, and will become a
permanent resident of the United
States. The latter is more a cause for
congratulation than the former, though
the retirement of the gifted artistic
will have its compensations in her serv-
ice as instructor.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-08-09
A Word Spoken i'm Season.

lhAoih INC bohtou transcript
word spoken in due season often
has It's ready reward. Walking into a
saloon where man was just about toss
ing OH a schooner of lager, friend of
temperance stepped up to the bar and,
laying his hand on the mans arm, said ::
My friend, do you know that you are
putting ali enemy into your mouth to
steal away your brains?" the beer-bib-
Der looked at the friend of temperance
in stupid wonder as he exclaimed ::
WHAT'S yergivn's?" Not only is beer
an intoxicant," continued the f. of t.,
but 1T contains adulterants hurtful to
health. 1t is a fruitful cause of sick
ness and death" The beer bibber
deigned not word in reply to this, but
with scornful gesture raised the glass
to his lips. In another instant it would
have been drained to the bottom. The
f. of t. made one more appeal. Know
you not" he said, "that that beer is 95
per cent. water ?" The glass came down
with crash on the marble bar, and was
shivered to atoms, the beer which it had
contained flowing in an unnoticed
stream upon the floor. "Great Caesar 7"
cried the beer-bibber, "why didn't you
say that the first thing?" And he wiped
the beady perspiration from his brow as
he added: stranger, but that was a
mighty narrer escape. Ninety five per
cent. water-ughp