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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-04-16

NORsETs! CoRSETs! CORSETs!-Dr. SCOTS
~ Electric, DR.. Warmers Automatic DR.. War.
ners Coraline, Dr.. Warmers Nursing, in all Sizes
at BROWN & CHAPMAN'S,
feb5 1O2 King street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-04-16

WHOLESALE GROCERs.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
And Dealers in
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS,
Have Oh hand GIBSON'S Xxx, xxx, XXXX
and PURE OLD RYE, OLD CABINET and
MONOGRAM WHISTLES; also BAKERS and
THOMPSON'S PURE RYE WHISTLES, to which
they invite the attention of the trade
Orders from tho country for merchandise shall
receive prompt attention.
Consignments of Flour, Grain and Country Pro-.
ducc solicited, for which they guarantee the high
ost market prices and prompt returns.
Northeast corner Of Cameron and Royal streets
scp14 Alexandria, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-04-16

T NIVERSAL.M ETAL-P u T ZPOMADE the
u quickest and best Polsher of Metals known.
Bring US any article of Brass, Copper or Tin and
we will show its merits. Prices % and 10 cents
box according to size. The trade supplied at I'm
portcrs' Rates MCLEAN & UHLER
mh1T so King street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-04-16

w ARNER'S KIDNEY AND LIVER CURE
w Browns Iron Bittcrs, Green's August Flow
er, Fegctine, Kcnnedys Mcdica! Discovery,
Schencks Pulmonic Syrup and Sea Weed Tonic,
Coden's Liquid Extract Beef, Listerinc, Ccerina,
DR.. Crooks Wine of Tar, Simmons Liver Regua-
tor, Dr. Johnson's Indian Blood Syrup, Hamburg
Drops, Liebig's Coco Beef Tonic, DR.. Cooks Balm
of Life, DR.. Picrces Medical Discovery and Favor
tie Prescriptions, Whitehurst Cedar Basam For
cst's Juniper Tar. W. +. CREIGHTON,
dec11 S5 King street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-04-16

IVY D Z STEAM LINE WE KY TO
PHILADELPHIA $Iks..N
Appointed sailing days from Alexa. Il EV-
cry TUESDAY and from Philadclph. EVERY
SATURDAY.
This line connects at Alexandria with tho Vir-
ginia Midland and Washington and Ohio railroads,
and at Philadelphia with Clydes regular Steam
ships.
Freight forwarded with promptness and care
free of commissions
No charge Tor transfer in Philadelphia. Quick
tiEc. Frequent departures. Through rates and
through Hills oi !ading given. Insurance az the
lcweSi rates
Agents
f. A. REED & CO., Alexandria
T'M. +. CLYDE & CO.. PHILADELPHIA
JOHNSON & Co, Wash. & Georgt'n
ianS-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-04-16

O'D OLA ihAEh
49, t:. o Ga Oats inst :, tTS!-A lot of No !
~ "h''o CHSRJ h. eceived and for sale by
80, kES S. TAYLOR. Jr.,
Ieuto 81 kim street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-04-16

NRAVATS AND SHIELDS, the entire stock of
" concern closing out, purchased at less than
one-fourth of the cost, and sold accordingly.
dec12 AMOS B. SLAYMAKER
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CWEEPING REDUCTIONS IN PRICES
y BROWN g. CHAPMAN are now closing out
stock of Mems Ladies' and Children'5 Underwear.
at and below cost. Call soon, as the stock is be-
ing rapidly reduced. jan17
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-04-16
ARTISTS MATERIAL

AT
jaa23 J. ID. Il. LUNT'S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-04-16

TINE FILTER CAN BE REMOVED FROM
i the Textile Filter Coffee Pots and cleaned in
less than five minutes. One yard of cent cotton
will make enough to last for over year
feb12 MCLEAN & UHLER, so King st.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-04-16

ELOUR! FLOUR! Fl oITP1-o5 hhls H. =
Il oisSei =" CIfss Patent Flour for sale by
;, SIAS S. TAYLOR, Jr
Jan1A 81 King strcet
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03
FARM AND PRESIDE.


Land that is too poor for clover will
grow rye, and the rye plowed down can
be followed with clover. = Prairie
Farmer.
"A strong solution of oxalic acid
will remove dry paint. After you have
tried everything else without success,
try this.-B0stoD Globe.
"A wise and experienced house
keeper says: ''Doing everything as well
as possible always saves labor in house
keeping
Always see that at night your
setting hens are on their nests, and
that they are secure from sudden rain
storms. o. your young broods may be
drowned.-M 7. Times.
Fat pigs suffer greatly from the
heat in the summer. When yarded and
access to water in which to roll in is
denied their yard should be partially
shaded by trees.
Excellent dressing for chopped
cabbage is made by heating small
cup Of vinegar with lump of butter or
we'll beaten egg; salt and pepper to
suit your taste. Pour while hot over
cabbage. Exchange.
If you do not feed meat to your
hens they will eat their feathers.
Smash bones so that they can get at the
marrow. Buy scraps at the butchers,
livers, bones, with little meat on, in
fact anything with meat on. We
generally cook meat and add meal and
bran to the water, enough to take it all
up; or, yet better, if you have potatoes
cook them with the meat. That is
about the only way that hens will eat
potatoes. That is, when cooked with
something. N. Y. Herald.
The chief reason why the oil cloth
on the kitchen floor wears out so soon,
and makes it heavy expense to keep
it in good condition, is this: when it is
washed it is not conscientiously dried;
patches here and there are left moist,
and the cloth soon becomes rotten, the
coating peels of, and all comfort from
having neat kitchen floor is dispensed
with. A flannel mop will do wonders
in the way of drying the floor. 1t
should be of old, soft flannel, but there
must also be desire on the part of the
one using the mop to do the work as it
should be done, and she must be willing
to take cloth in her hand with which
to dry the corners.-N N. 7. Post.
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03
Los Angeles.

Les Angeles is ri. hing, thriving
little city with lovely suburbs OF orange
groves and vineyards extending on one
hand almost to the sea; on the other to
the mountains. Like many other towns
on the coast; it is noted for a sudden,
marvellous growth in the past few years
"a growth and prosperity which bid
fair to continue in the future. But. aside
from the beauty and thrift of later years,
which rendered it SO attractive, it has
historical associations which make it
the most interesting city in Southern
California. Far down in the heart of
its history, almost hidden out of sight
in these busy later years, is past
which is full of the flavor of bygone
centuries-a strange romance that still
clinos to the curious adobe dwellings,
and narrow streets of the quaint old
Spanish town. Back from the avenues
and stately residences of modern wealth
and progress, the relics of dying age
may still be seen, and there is q certain
pathos in the crdmbling ruins which
shelter the sad faced descendants of
race who once reigned supreme. But
they are passing away slowly, and ere
the next century dawns their history
will be only tradition, song, or
fragment of romance woven into musi-
cal verse by some sympathetic Southern
poet. It is a subject for poem
life of these dark eyed people, reaching
back to the day of the padres and mis-
sions, and it would be curious study
to find the links one by one, weaving
them into dreamy summer idyl. The
story would be sweet with the fragrance
of the orange blossoms and glorious
with the brilliant splendor of the Cas-
tilian roses. In it, too, would swell the
song of the sea, and the voice of the
white browed mountains. In the old
days the padres rode up from the south
lands with keen eyes and enduring
hearts to found their missions under
the shadow of the purple ranges that
rose to the east. Tradition says that
their home was a peaceful one among
the Indians and that the Mission San
Gabriel prospered and grew in wealth
for many years afterward. The old
church is still standing in good state
of preservation, though nearly one
hundred and twenty years have elapsed
since it was built. The walls Of this
building are of stone, with buttresses of
brick. The roof was originally of tiles,
but has been replaced recently by one of
shingles. A stone staircase leads to the
gallery, where a choir of Mexican
women sing during the Sunday morn
ing service. ST. Louis Republican.
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03
A Very Much Mixed Family.

A class of marriages that may cer-
tainly be regarded as among the eccen-
tricities of wedlock are those unions
bringing parties into complex family
relations. Mr.. Howe tells US of mar
riage in Cornwall, in 1928, by which
the father became brother-in law to his
son; the mother, mother-in-law to her
mother; the mother-in law of the son, his
sister-in-laW; the sister of the mother
in-law, her daughter-in-law; the sister of
the daughter in-law, her rmother-in-law;
the son of the father, ,brother-in-law to his
mother-in-law, and uncle to his brothers
and sisters; the wife of the son, sister,
in-law to her father-in-law, and aunt
in-law to her husband; and the off
spring of the son and his wife would be
grandchildren to their uncle and aunt,
and cousins of their father. SAYS JEFF
ferson: when Lord Dundreary has
mastered all the difficulties of this per-
picking piece of family history, he may
throw daylight into the darkness result
ing from the intermarriage of the
Hawoods and Cashicks of Kent" This
family complication was caused thus:
One member of the HAYWOOD family had
two daughters, one of whom was mar
ried to John Cashick, the father, and
the other to John Cashick, the son.
The elder Cashick had a daughter by
his first wife whom Mr.. HAYWOOD sub
sequently married, and this lady could
now claim her father as her son, her
sister as her daughter, and her brother
as her grand child. This occurred in
the seventeenth century. and. with the
help of several intermarriages since to
further complicate matters, there is not
one of the descendants of these families
to-day who can clearly define his own
position with regard to his relatives of
the present generation, much less those
nf one or two generations Fraceedtag
him.s AsHaea eaN pleUelaad Herald
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03
The Cat and the Cream.

Sir Moses was called a model kitten.
He was nice in his habits, and grave
and quiet in his behavior. To be sure.
he would chase wildly after a ball OF
yarn when Flora dragged it. And he
garden walk behind his little mistress,
mewing with glee as he ran. But most
of the time he was very still. He was
asleep in Flora's lap, or lay upon the
rug watching her with half-shut eyes,.
An old proverb says ''Still waters run
deep" Perhaps the man who wrote it
knew cat like Sir Moses.
II would like to know what becomes
of my crearnl" This was what Mamma
Painter said ut the breakfast-table. Ehe
children all opened their eyes at her in
surprise. ''What do you mean, mam-
map" asked Bessie.
''Why, replied her mother, II bring
in the cream in this little pitcher every
morning, when l first come down, and
put it on the table. Now for three morn
ings it has been half gone by breakfast
time. Who can have taken itfn
Nobody knew. The pitcher was an
odd little thing, with a small neck. One
fact was very strange. There was no
mark of cream on the edges of the
pitcher.
There was great deal of wonder and
talk about this curious loss Of the
cream. 1t happened again the next
morning, and the morning after that
On the third day Bessie was heard
shouting: ',Ah, you rogue, ! have
caught you at last!' And SO she had
1t was that meek Sir Moses. When the
pitcher was put upon the table he wait
ed till he was left alone. Then he lesped
upon the taole and put his paw in the
pitcher. You may be sure it did nos
take him long to lick the cream from
his paw. Then he dipped again ana
again, till be heard somebody coming.
When the person entered he seemed 70
be sound asleep.
It was planned so that the SLY rogue
could steal no more cream. That night
nurse Katy heard Flora add to her
prayer: 30 God, please forgive elf 4.
Moses, for he didn't know any better
/ Our Lille ines.
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03
For Young Readers.
EHE DOLL,s 8ERIOUS ILLNESS.

THE DOLL'S SERIOUS ILLNESS.
Yes, she's very i'll, indeed; her head is as hot
as mustard,
Aud she can't eat n single thing, for I've tried
her with cake and custard;
And the doctor says there's only one thing
that's left to do;
To save her precious life. Would you do 1t, If
yOu knew
oh, please, mamma, don't laugh, and don't
say: That depends
You're her grandma, and you ought to be one
of her bestest friends.
He says she needs fresh air, and what Johnnie
calls ~ lark;"
And the only air that's fresh enough is what's
blowing in the park.
And he says she ought to have red straw
berry ice-cream;
And she can't go in the cars. for she mustn't
smell the steam.
And ho says must go to hold her, and not to
let her cry;
And if there's no ice-cream. to give her little
pie.
You know, my grandma gives me what want.
when l am i'll;
And you know that you're her grandma
now, please just say you will.
If she cries, she can't get we'll; and you'd not
like folks to say
That I've better grandma than slle has, any
way.
-Maqaret Tande0ritt, in Golden Days.
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03
The Fancied Need of Eye Glasses.

"Wearing glasses seems to be con-
sidered fashionable by great many
people. and every day persons whose
eyes are perfectly good come after
something to stick in their eyes, says
al Philadelphia dealer. They are gen
orally dudes, and we sell them these
large glasses. They are made of the
finest imported glass, but have no re-
fracting power and are perfectly HARM
less. You see they have no frame and
are only meant to be held up before the
eye or stuck in for few moments. This
is supposed to be an English custom
and you can see young Anglo-maniacs
any day on Chestnut street wearing
them. One lady bought dozen the
other day. can't imagine what for.
1t takes some practice to carry them
without letting them drop and they
never can be considered graceful.
.'The wearing of glasses and specta-
cles is becoming commoner. / don't
think this is because there are more
weak eyes, but because every year we
know more about the eye and are now
able to make lenses for many cases that
we didn't understand before. Astigma-
tism, presbyopia. strabismus tliplopia
and the other diseases or defects of
eyesight are now generally capable of
remedy by different kinds of glasses,
and this probably accounts for their
greater use. Then there are always
lots of people VINO imagine something
the matter with their eyes and insist on
wearing glasses or speetacles. Four or
five such come in every day and are
vexed if we say that their eyesight is all
right. If 1--WE can't persuade them out
of their idea we sell them lenses that
will do as little injury as possible and
such as many persons use in reading.
The number of these cranks is astonish-
ing. They come to be tried for sup
posed eolor-blindness, hypermetropia
or oversight and everything they can
think of. A genuine trouble ofthe eye,
however, and one of very recent origin,
is that caused by the glare of the cleo
trio lights. To very sensitive retina
this is intolerable, and some protection
lis absolutely necessary. For this pur-
pose we use smoked glasses and the de-
mand for them is really surprising. In
New York thousands of gross of these
are sold every year. The linemen, who
adjust the arcs of the electric lights,
and, of course, needvery strong 81 asses,
wear oblong pieces of blue glasses
fastened together, two for each eve. and
capable of shielding them from the ter
rible brilliancy. Even with these their
eyes are often injured. - philadelphia
Times.
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03
POliteness.

A group Of boys stood on a street.
corner discussing their respectiya
chances of success in answering an adj.
yertisement for an errand-boy in 4
wholesale dry goods house near bv..
Their names and addresses had already
been registered, and they were sent off
would be sent for when wanted"
While they thus stood talking an old
man, with hair white as snow, bowed
back and trembling hands, came slowly
and unsteadily down the street, the only
support to his feeble limits being his
stout cane. When short distance
from the boys the cane dropped from
his hand and rolled into the gutter.
"Look there. Billy" said one of the
boys, "the old mans swamped.' -
AT this all the boys but one broke out
into loud, uncouth laugh.
''He's shiyering as if the winter wind
was blowing joked another.
But Harry Walton looked serious, and
rushing to the gutter, picked up the
cane, wiped the mud and water from II
and handed it back to the old man ma
touching his cap respectfully as he
said:
''Can I assist you, sir?"
"Thank you, my man; you may help
me- across the street"
"With pleasure
And Harry, taking the old man bE
the hand, assisted him over the cross
ing, and even opened the door of the
store for him TO enter.
Once inside. he was led to an easv
chair in the private office.
''Well, father, | have large list OF
names to select from, said the son in
answer to his fathers question. sThey.
all seem sprightly and intelligent. but
the one who suits me seems to be slow
yet very polite; in fast, this char
acteristic pressed itself forcibly upon
me.n
Suppose you summon them all here
and see if ! can not help you out of your
difficulty"
So postal card was sent to each boy
to appear the next day, and at the ap-
pointed time they were on hand.
When they were all gathered together
the old gentleman adjusted his glasses.
and said that before the selection would
be made he would tell them story.
And he selected the particulars of the
incident of the day before, and closed
by saying 3hat he wished he knew who
the hero of that incident was.
please, sir. said one of the boys,
''that was Harry Walton, and he's hers
with us"
"With you, is hep spoke up the, old
man. 'fThen, James, turning to his
son, ''that's the boy for Us"
"Why, that's the very boy regarded
as so slow" returned the son. s.But I
guess boy who is so polite and consid-
crate for the aged and infrm must nec-
essarily be fitted for the position.
The rest of the boys looked confused
snd uneasy. and as the old gentleman
concluded his lecture on politeness they
departed with the determination to fol-
low his advice
1t costs nothing to cultivate good
manners, but it pays to have them. The
boy or girl who is polite and civil to
every one. no matter of what creed or
nationality; who practices civility on the
street as well rs at home, or who has a
kind word or is ready to assist those
who can not help themselves. is always
sure to succeed, not only in winning the
respect and confidence of the public,
but also in getting along in the world.
Try it and see!--PhilGdelphtG Call.
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03
A Case Of HydrOphObia.

81 was seated in my office one day,n
said the doctor, ''when a small bow
bolted into the room. was Just seeing
one patient out and admitting another.
and the boy blurted out: Say, MIR.
Doctor, will you come round the corner?
There's an old man got fit. I rushed
ont and found man ninety years of
age in fit of pain, Enthusiastically HYDRO
phobia. Hes been bitten by a mad
dog, said /. No, he haint,' said an
old woman; he haint been out of the
house for six months. sAnd
you have no dog?' L inquired.
Mary, said the old woman. This is
curious, / said, but it was plain HYDRO
phobia, and the man died, I was de-
termined to sift this extraordinary case
to the bottom. I made careful in
.quiries. | discovered that sixty wears
ago he was bitten by mad dog.n
'tAnd the hydrophobia took all that
time to develop?"
''No; he had had hydrophobis. for
sixty years, but he did not know it.
.How could that beP''
He had never tried to drink water
all that time, SO nobody could tell he
had it. ~ San Francisco Cqtroaicle.
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03

And although Sebastian Gomez after.
wards became famous painter las
you may see by the pictures which be
has left behind bira) he was known as
'Murillo's Boy" to the end of his lfe.-.
Wide AaUdke.
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03

The Masons Of Philadelphia have
The finest temple 10 the word, and Ii ia
said TO be the only Masonic building In
the country that is given aa entiraiy
la Masonic uses - Ililgasiphss Press
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03

The revelation which the good John
Taylor received from above about two
years ago has just been made public .
Salt Lake City. It commands every
officer Of the church on pain OF losing
all his emoluments, to take to h1nasen y
more than one wife. The Sals
Lake tribune gives this news and says; ";
s'Polyganly is on the decrease, Is lts
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03

Aaron Washington, captured In
Savannah few days since on The charge
of murder pleaded the statute of limi.
tation. saying be should not be arrested
because ''de nine months Is dane psst,H
The Bossier banner., 1884-07-03

Warren jackson, . colcred man
ninety-three years of age, was latelg
convicted Of stealing q hog in Celhoua
County, Ark, aud senteRced te eag
year IL tAa igsalssatleB
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-11-07
Trade of Last Week,

Bradstreet's Journal in it's commercial sum
mary Of last Saturday, says: Special kilograms
this week indicate that in general there has
been no gain as compared with the movement
of merchandise for several weeks past Gen
eral trade at almost all commercial centeTs
continues quiet, with little, if any, prospects
of material gains prior to the opening of the
new year. There are the customary isolated an
nouncements of slight Improvement from job
bers' hands at a few southern and south
western cities, which nave been noted from
time to time for a month or two past. There
has been some little gain in the movement of
dry goods at the West, but at Eastern markets
prices are unchanged Stocks are as large as
ever, and there is no new demand. Reassort-
ment demand is as small as ever. Pig iron
drags noticeably for Eastern brands. Sales of
Southern brands in New England continues
lighter than heretofore. Steel rails are weaker,
nominally held at s27 SOFAS
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-11-07
The Dishonest Partner.
One of the most frequent and dar

One of the most frequent and deplor.
able agents of sudden ruin is the die.
honest partner. No business can So
managed without mutual confidence ba-
tween those who conduct it; and thoucb
when we hear that a commercial man
has brought himself within reach of fra
law, we are inclined to doubt If he
partner can have been unaware Of his
~maioractices, yet it must be obyions
that the dishonesty of one partner too
often arises from the unsuspicious sim
plicity of the other. There are even
instances in which no amount of sagaci.
t. will save O man from the enterprises
of q roguish partner. The followingis
a very common case: A and B being
partners, A dies, and his son succeeds
to his share of the business. So long
as A was alive the speculative Tendencies
of were kept in check but young A has
rot the same experience as hie father he
has learned to respect b he looks TO him
for guidance; and if b has made up his
mind to extend the business OF the Arm
by new methods. now that he is head
AANUA
partner, the junior partner will gener.
ally be a mere tool in his hands. II
young A be more fond of pleasure than
business he will of course be even less
than a tool-a mere cipher, and b VIII
be left to manage matters as he pleases,
until he succeeds In his schemes, and
proposes to buy A out Of the business;
or fails and brings A to poverty and
disgrace. It Is a cruel thing that if B
has absconded, A will have to bear
the entire brunt of creditors wrath,
and perhaps be criminally punished for
his innocence. But partners have
learned this lesson so often hat it is all
most a wonder how any sane man can
assume responsibilities without ascer-
tanning the nature and extent of them.
1t is certainly not for the public inter
est that the sudden ruin of an honest
partner should be pleaded in extenua-
ton for his ignorance or carelessness.-
Chambers Journal.