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Ask for Wells though on Corns." 15c. Com
plete cure. Hard or soft corns, warts, bunions.
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Huckleberries,v

hog CHOLERA Is prevailing III Madison county
Virginia.
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CarbG.lines
He wins at last who builds his trust
In loving words and actions just.
Who's head. Who's walk. his very mien,
Proclaim the use of CarDoline.
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Marshall Texas, ~- 4aye ~-ater~urks.
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Young Hen.-Read Thts-

t~d~~rH4he county y. C, h4> he large,
ASF~~s r ~af-an n The sat, $50 acr~s.
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BERLIN ocuIists report that The iror
dust floating from elevated railroads ii
streets has added 5 per cent to tin
profits OF the profession.
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THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Surrounded by Smoke and Drink-a Pleasant
Picture to Contemplate.
London Letter in Philadelphia Telegraph.
Horrors! 1 did not see it at first, for one looks
at the Speaker and heart of the House. But the
whole edge of the corral is sort of smothering,
smoking volcano; smoking, chewing, reeking,
drunken and debauched ragged edge. l now
understand why the ladies left All! yes, I am
a smoker: but there is time to smoke. l never
smoke in a church or in a temple. And such
cigars as these, of the cheap Bowery order no
man of any sense or sensibility will smoke at all!
How do you know they are "twofor fve'sF
Well, l know this: that man who is low
enough and mean enough to smoke here, is
too mean to smoke any other kind than two
for-fves."
Ten years ago when writing letters from this
city to London, was compelled to chronicle the
fact that it was no strange thing to see United
States senators drinking drunk in public bar
rooms along with knots of lobbyists and loafers
And it was all true then. But it is not true
now. The world moves There is hope, for the
great American heart is good, perfect State a
folly or a wrong fairly to the people keep it be-
fore them, so that they may not forget it, and
nv word for it, in less than five years it will be
swept away. A year ago, when this paper sent
me to the Capitol to interview and report upon
the spittoons l found hundreds of them
there as big as wash-tubs, hideous, filthy
reeking things, poisoning the air which the
twenty-six men and all the ponderous and Won
derful machinery under the Capitol was toiling
night and day to purify. l found these mon
strosities scattered through all the departments
here at our federal capital. Their number was
thousands then, if not legions. But this year l
find they are only about half as large, and GER
tainly not nearly half as numerous So you see
that by appealing to the people through this
paper last year. in that one article on this foul
subject, have saved the country and am saving
to-day to the country thousands upon thousands
of dollars. Let us not despise the day of small
things And if you see a member mean enough
to smoke, and chew, and spit about the House
while at work for the people in our noble temple
next yecr, shall be surprised.
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A Champion SpelIer.

Washington Letter -.
The boss speller of Congress is an Illinois con-
gresham. a prominent Democrat, and the chair
man of one of the leading committees of this
Congress- A few weeks ago in speaking of
West Point he characterized it as entirely too
classical and asserted that there was not young
man in his district who could pass its entrance
examinations. Congressman Belford, of Colo
RADIO, is in the same committee andquite recently
as question was sprung between the two gen
tlemen. Bedford said he did not propose to be dc
tated to by man who spelt Rhode Island with
a small r. and left out the h. Mr. Bedford has
made the same remark on the floor when en-
gagged in discussion with the above named Con
gresham and it is high time that the public know
to what he refers. 1t is to the following sentence
written by the above congressman. There is
hardly correctly spelled word in it and even
the name is misspelled. Col, suppose means
colleague. ] give it verbatim MY col. is pared
with Mr.. Baloo of road iland. If he were hear
would vote l." Sehooboys who are ambitious to
become Congressman need not despair because
they do not spell well,
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Lucy HoOper's Paris Letter.

Lucy HOOpefB fafls Letter.
I have been perusing the latest arrived batch
of American society journals, and have laid
down the papers aforesaid with something of the
bewilderment wherewith the little old woman in
the nursery rhyme surveyed the abbreviated pet
tcoats that had been long and comfortable when
she went to sleep, and that, when she awoke
barely covered her knees. The petticoats of
Madame Propriety in our native land have been
strangely bobbed off of late, it seems to me-
In bygone days; if my memery serves me right
", American society demanded, as the first wise
on a passport for admission, the unquestion-
able chastity of every lady who desired to pass
its guarded frontiers. 1t rather strikes me,
in perusing the papers aforesaid, that nous
avons changes tout celia. But why, o sapient
American society. did you persistently snub
poor Sara Be- nhardt? Her morality quite
as good, or at least not one whit worse than
is that of some of your recent pet femenine
celebrities. Then, too, there are American
ladies who have taken their full share of the
escapades of the fastest European circles who
go home and are at once received into the odor
of sanctity. l am beginning to doubt the ac-
curacy of my own recollections. l used to feel
so proud and pleased. sort of Pharisaical ex-
altation when met Mrs Threestars or Madame
Mabille, or any other of the DANES with "a his
tory" in French drawing rooms, at being able
to say to myself: '"rhese females would not be
received at home Now begin to fear that
they would.be. The demimondaine du grande
monde is becomming power on the other side
of the water as well as here.
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The Friendly Drummer's Trunk.


At Macon I became acquainted with com
mercial tourist He toured for Philadelphia
harness house, and he had two trunks. As soon
as | found that he had two trunks | discovered
why he came up to me in the reading room of
the hotel, reached out the friendly hand and
said that he had carried my photograph next to
his heart for the last seven years He wanted
ME to check one of the trunks on my ticket as
we went up to Atlanta, and thus save him ex-
pense on extra baggage. Well, l agreed 1t is
seldom that try to beat a railroad, but one
must do something for his fellowman now and
then in this uphill road through life. 1t so hap
pened that had pass around to Montgomery
by way of Atlanta, and handed it to the bag
gagechecker without a thought of what might
follow AS consequence, while the harness
house tourist dropped off at Atlanta with tears
in his eyes for my disinterestedness, only one of
his trunks dropped off with him. The other
continued the ride with me for 150 miles, and
after considerable telegraphing, it went back to
Atlanta by express. just how much it cost him
to fail in love with me don't know, but assure
him, on my honor, that whenever l can go out
of my way again to oblige him L shall cheerfuly
do go.
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The fashionable and eccentric physician, Dr.
Monsey, who lived in Sir Robert Walpole's time
took so keen delight in drawing teeth by this
particular process that in the absence of patient
with fee for the service he would sometimes be
his own dentist and operate on himself from a
pure love of art. The process was this; Round
the tooth to be drawn the doctor fastened Sc
curely strong piece of cat-gut, to the other end
OF which a bullet was attached. A pistol having
been charged with this bullet and full measure
of powder, the operation was performed etfectu-
ally and speedily. The doctor could rarely pre-
vail on his friends to let him remove their teeth
in this singular and startlingly simple manner.
Once gentleman who had agreed to make trial
of the novelty, and had even allowed the appa
ratus to be adjusted, turned craven at the last
moment. stop! stop he exclaimed, I've
changed my mind But | haven't changed
mine, and you are coward for changing yours "
answered the doctor, pulling the trigger. Even
at this distance of time it would be pleasant to
discover that the patient of this comedy was his
Grace of Grafton, and that, to ayenge himself
for the loss of place in the Lord Chamberlain's
gift, the operator attached the cat-gut to the
wrong tooth.
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RsTHETIC LANGUAGE.
How To Talk Up to the Blue China-"Intense
Adjectives.

How To Talk Up to the Blue China-"Intense
Adjectives.
Philadelphia letter in Pittsburg ChroncleTeegraph.
That sestheticism should ultimately affect our
forms of expression is not to be wondered at
but the knowledge brings with it shock of sur
prise Naturally it is the adjectives that bear
The first impress of these new notions. "Beaul-
full is very tame as a term OF description. Sea,
sky and mountains become splendid" also
persons eyes which may be at the same time
s.soulful u 'sombre" or Suggestive" Gay" is
a word used to express neutrality and gen
eraI kind of soul sickness. An eminent
cynic has said that there are three
perods to every ones life-one
in which everything appears white. another in
which everything appears black, and a third in
which everything appears gray. Gray seems TO
be the expression of present that is not wholly
without its charm, and is not what it might be,
because it is haunted by so many unsatished
lodgings: it is white with little admixture OF
blackness Then there is 'gruesome" and
''weird," which you will often find applied to ma
terial and abstract things indiscriminate, as:
He had a certain werdness OF Manners; or The
draperiesRof the room had a weird effect. In
tense" is almost the Shibboleth of the aesthetic.
'Bithesome" is the new rendering OF gay.
while subtle" and sweet are vastly admired
.sShe has subtle sweetness that is vastly pene-
trating" may pass as phrase aesthetic. 'Luric"
is good word in its way. while effective IS
not confined to any class or company. Coors
are no longer light dark; they are soft or ten
der deep-toned or subdued. interpretive is
fine thing to get off, especially the quality it
expresses is most intensely" admired 'Woful" is
another adjective of the same TX x SO likewise
Serene 'consummate," "bllsstul" ana suo-
lime in such combinations as .'serene joy"
sconsummate art" 'blissful tenderness, ''suu
| lime aspiration" 1t would be impossible in a
passing comment to review all the words of the
aesthetic vocabulary. Their name is legion, their
meanings infinite. The charm of an aesthetic
adjective lies in the fact that it may mean all or
nothing 1t is in a measure non,committa,
though it is only fair to state that 1t generally
means a good dea! Of intensity as aesthetic emo"
! tioAS 90.
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A Runaway.
The Young Churchman.

The Young Churchman.
Harriet had Skye dog, a wagon and doll.
II think 1 will hitch Skye to my cart, and give
Miss Sophronia Euphemia a ride"
Miss Sophronia Euphemia was-what do you
Think Why, the doll, of course; though it gen
orally got called "Soph,,." for short;
''Who is this, my little maid" said gentle
man, as he picked up bundle of clothes with
little girl in them away down the road.
''Please, papa, it is Hattie" said she.
She knew her fathers voice, though he had
hardly known his little daughter, she was 50
covered with mud
SKYE had taken it into his head to play run
away horse and she had run after him and the
cart and Sophia and had brought up in pile by
the road side, where her papa had found her.
''And now let us tie Skye better, said she.
''Are you not afraid to try him againi" he
asked.
mo sir; you see Skye is not girl or boy, and
he does not know any better"
Her papa smiled and said nothing.
CHATS the reason I'm not mad at you, Skye.
Now, that liked in Hattie. Some children
seem to think that their playthings know, or
ought to know, as much as they do.
Skye got as good supper as if he had behaved
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The Malnertine Prison.

spondence Troy Times.
The Mamertine prison consists of two subter
ranean dungeons, one below the other. An old
monk, with lighted lamp, conducted US down
long fight of stone steps to the upper prison.
We found ourselves in cold. dark room, Quilt
up on all sides and overhead with enormous
stones In ancient times the only connection be-
tween the upper and lower dungeons was by
circular hole just large enough TO admit human
body. Through this opening prisoners We're low
cred to the dungeon below. In modern times a
stairway has been cut around through the rock
from the upper to the still more horrible lower
prison. No light of day has ever penetrated
that dark, deep, damp, dismal dungeon. But
the chief interest of the Mamertine lies in
the tradition that st. Peter ana St Paul were
confined there just before their martyr
dom Without believing or disbelieving the
story till we get some idea or Roman prison
in Pauls day In descending the stairs the
monk paused before rude indentation in the
stone wall, which we could imagine looked like
the side of mans head. There our guide waxed
eloquent and said: This is the impression of St
Peters head When the jailers were taking the
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SEE U. u. acknowledges with thanks the prize
recently awarded him. We thank him for the
good work just received.
M. B L. S-Your matter is exhausted We
should be thankful for fresh supply at any
time.
IhLLY-Ditto We hope you can make it con-
venent to visit us every week.
ZARILLo.-We will make use of your enigma
next week Thank you for returning it.
j. B. ALEXANDER.-W accept your cross
word; the others cannot be used. Thank you
H. S-We are always very glad to receive as
sistance from new contributors We give place
to your charade; the Others shall follow right
along Please call around frequently.
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Original Puzzles.
NO. 1098-GEoGRAPHIcAL ARCosTIo.
(Five-letter words
l. A mountain of Arabia, famous in Scripture
2. A river of England, county of Devon.
3. A town and district of Arabia.
4. A town of Russia
5. A town of Spain.
6. A town of Peru
Z. A town of British India.
8. A town of European Turkey.
8. A village of Austria
10. A town of Russian Poland.
IL. A group of Mountains in Central Asia
II. A river of Austria.
My PRIMALs a paper will unfold;
IT'S quite well read by young and old.
My FINALS the city, if read Alright,
Where tbs published will come to light.
HAYWOOD, Ill. SEE U. U.
NO. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
l. Behead to boast and leave fragment.
2. Behead commentator and leave to lift
3. Behead one who makes earthen vessels and
leave an animal.
4 Behead to defraud and leave to make hot
5. Behead to repair and leave the extreme
point ELMA HENDRICKS.
WHITE HALL, Ind
NO. 1100-DIAMoND,
l. A letter. 2. A male name. 8. A boys
nickname. 4. A girls name. 8. Disordered.
6. Old. T. A letter. ELS.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.
NO. 1101-sQUARE
l. A handle [Obs.l
2 To turn.
g. A genius of mollusks.
a. italian painter of the sixteenth century.
s. A shoemaker's awl. Prov Eng.
SEE U. U.
NO. 1lO2-EN1GMA
Ny whole, composed of ten letters, is the name
of Western paper
My TO- s, 9, 1, 3 was an author
My 2, g. 4 was the father of bush,
My 8, 8, 5, Z, us a surname.
My 6, 8, 4 is obscure Ed. g.
NO. 11O3-cHARADE.
My first is a domestic beast
So noted for his power,
That, when enraged the strongest man
May well before him cover.
Unto my second it is strange,
That you should never fall,
Nor oftener at home or church
Than theater or ball.
MY whole-a word of modern use,
To Webster quite unknown
Denotes to worry into terms,
Accusing fears alone.
POPLAR GROVE, Ind. H. S.
NO 1104-DIAMoND.
1. A letter 2 A twig g. Families. 4. A
word. 5. A woman's nickname. 6. Artful Z. A
letter. AUNT KEzIAH.
MooRE's VINEYARD, Ind.
NO. 1105-HALF SQUARE.
1. A metropolis. q Ingenious. 8. A small
crustacean. T. State 5. white, soft and
very malleable metal 6. Near by. Z. letter.
ELMER HENDRICKS.
NO. 1106-DIAMOND.
l. A letter 3 A bush (rare) g. Retiring. 4
A banker s. journal. g. Shrewd. T. A letter.
RICHMOND, Ind NJ. B. L. s.
NO 1107-SQUARE
l. term in music. 2. Grease. 3. A large
plant A. Short poems. LILY.
JULIETTA, Ind.
Answers in three weeks.
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apostle to the prison below, they rudely pushed
him against the wall, leaving this indentation in
the solid rockl" In the lower dungeon the monk
showed us a spring, and again becoming elo
guent; he said Here Peter preached to two of
baptized Then the apostle touched the floor
and this fountain burst from the rock; thus by a
miracle water was furnished for baptism" But
alas for the old monks story, Plutarch tells us
that Jugurtha drank of this same fountain when
he was in the prison, and that was a century be-
fore Peter was born. We tasted of the water,
and found it pleasant.
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READING FOR THE SABBATH.
Trust.

trust.
] know not if or dark or bright
Shall be my lot;
If that wherein my hopes delight
Be best or not.
II may be mine to drag for years
Tolls heavy chain;
Or day and night my meat be tears
On bed Of pain.
Dear faces may surround my hearth
With smiles and glee;
Or | may dwell alone, and mirth
BE strange to me,
Ny bark is waited to the strand
BY breath divine;
And on the helm there rests hand
Other than mine.
One who has known in storms to sail
| have on board;
Above the raving of the gale
l hear my Lord.
He holds me when the pillows smite-
| shall not fall.
4f sharp, It's short; if long, it's light
He tempers all.
Safe to the land safe to the land
The end is this;
And then with him go hand in hand
Fan into bliss.
Dean of Canterbury :.
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l. We offer game of authors for the first
complete list of answers this week
9 For the next best list we offer fifty pretty
address cards with any name printed on them
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By E. j. s, Bloomington, Nos. 1914, 1915,
1915, 1919, 1880, 1881
By See u u, haywood, Ill. Nos. 1913, 1914,
1916, 1917 partially 1918 1919, 1880, 1881.
BY H. s., Poplar Grove, Nos 1914, 1918, 1919,
1880, 1881.
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be addressed to w. H. GRAHAM, West Scarbol
ough, Cumberland county, Maine Original cor
tributions and answers to each weeks puzzle
are solicited from all.
Answers to Puzzles.
No. 1913
l. l G NJ NJ V 1 T A
NJ A G l. U r T E
f L A S H E r
B A K e r
NJ A d
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BRA n DER
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No. 1074-Snow don
No. 1O75-Lawson E. Mckinney.
No. 1876
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G l. TEN
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A N E n st
No 1O77-
So nigh is grandeur to dust
So near is God to man,
When DIZZY whispers low Thou must
The youth replies, Il can"
No. 1O79-Brazil
Mo- 1919 G
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G H E r K L N
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No. l0SO-Gondola.
No. 10S1-Mouse
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/. No complete list of answers received.
2 See U. u, fifty cards.
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like well trained horse Dolly had a nice. gem
tie ride. and Hattie plenty of exercise and pleas
ure without losing her temper at all.
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THE YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
THE PUZZLE DEPARTMENT.

Everything relating to this department must
be addressed to w. H. GRAHAM, West Scarbor-
ough, Cumberland county, Maine Original con
tributions and answers to each weeks puzzles
are solicited from all
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-01-28

SUMMER ARRANGEM'fNI
TWO TRAINS DAILY Except SUNDAY BE.
TWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND ROUND HILL.
Leave Washington at 20 a. u. and a 20 y. ~.
and Alexandria at 8 % ). N. and % 2. NJ. Pass
Leesburg, going westward, st Ii 30 n. m. and
43 P. m, and arrive at Round Hill at II ID T.
N. and 30 P. n. Leave Round Hill at 3 20 8.
N. and 13 P. a. Pass Leesburg. going east
ward, at O9 a N. and OPP. m, and arrive at
Alexandria at 15 4. M. and 23 p. 10, and at
Washington 1T 25 T. M and 8 80 p N.
SUNDAY TRAIN leaves Round Hill 900 m.
arrive n. Alexandria S16 and Washington $50
Leave Washington s ?. ~, Alexandria sol p. ~,
pass Leesburg, gsiug eastward, Cos a. M; west
ward 1908 p. IA.
IH>Passengers from Washington will take tn
Wash, Ohio and West'n. at the Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad station at 9:20 a. m. and 400 p.
M, and 20 through to Round Hill without chang G
of cars.
Tho 9:25 =. III. train from Alexandria and 2:13
pm. train from Round Hill connect at Round Hill
with Daily Line of Coaches for Snickersyllc BeI'
ryvlle and Winchester; also with Line of Coaches.
which leave Lecsburg daily for Alde and Middle
burg.
Both trains, Westward. make close connection
ct Vienna with SisioG's Lime of Stages for Fairfax
Court House.
One thousand mile communication tickets, bear
| ing two names 800: one thousand mile tickets,
bearing ali the nsmas of q family or members Of 8
| firm. $25
| Alexandria. .iGuc 10. 1888.
! sep19 SM BROPHY snpt.
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RESOLUTIONS.

At O regular meeting OF the citizens ol
Alexandria held Wednesday, January 10th,
1884, at d. J. WATERWAYS Tailoring Parlors,
cor. King and Fairfax streets, (up stairs)
the following resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
lst. Resolyed That we find our President
81. J. Waterman fully qualified to manage
and conduct a tirst-class merchant tailoring
establishments
I'd. Resoired That vote Of thanks be ex-
tended TO him for the manner III which he
trimmes his garments, using hrSt- Glass TRIM
tnings in every garment. which we believe
will DO the means Of making this the strong
cat company in the city.
s. Rcsoircd, I'ha. his nstnoi of trying on
garments before they are completed mcels
with decided approval. rs il gives The Gus.
toner ci:ancc 10 alter the style OF garment,
or make such alterations "a ho TeSircs with
out any fear OF Il lniSlit.
t. Resolred, That his systuln OF having
frst-rate jouneymcn taIlors 10 do all his
work meets the demand of oil parties wish
ing to get in reality u first class merchant
tailoring garment, they knowing positively
that men do all his work.
). Rcsoircd. That we heartily indose the
t.Vtt.r he has been so fortunate TO secure, he
being known as the greatest cutter III New
York city his cutting qualities being beyond
reproach.
G. Rcsoiucd, That we appreciate his motive
in trying to decrease his large stock of piece
goods (which embraces all the best makes
Of goods by making suits and overcoats to
order at prime cost in order to keep his
workmen steadily employed during the dali
season.
I. Rcs0ired. That committee of one hun
dred men be instructed to call upon the
President and ascertain the lowest figures
for making suits and overcoata to be made
up in the best manner and in such style as
they may choose.
8. RESOLVED, That these resolutions he
given to the GAZETTE for publication, and
remain therein, until the entire stock Of
piece goods have been made up into hand
Rone garments.
g. RESOLVED, That We adjourn to meet
again st the call Of our President,
NJ J. WATERMAN, The Tailor
Corner King and Fairfax sis.
BY order Of the committee.
SAM BENDHEIM. Secretary.