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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-15
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Corner PrlnCe anU taIflaA sIIt6S.
descriptions a speciality. English French,
German and Domestic Toilet Soaps; Genuine
Farins Cologne; Magnolia, Hedycsmia, Geranlum
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Snonges. Hair Brushes and Combs best English
Tooth Brushes; full assortment of Patent Medi-
cines Coxe's Gelatine, Corn Starch Sea Moss Fa,
rine: Spices of al kinds, and select stock of all
srticles sold by druggists at prices as low as the
same oualitv cen be obtained elsewhere. dec
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-15
ALEXANDRIA VA, TUESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 15 1885
The Printers Hiawatha.

"Sad it is to turn our ledger,
Turn the leaves Of this old ledger,
Turn to SEQ what sums are due us,
Due for volumes long since ended,
Due for years Of pleasant reading,
Due fo- years Of anxious labor,
Due despi the patient waiting,
Due despite the constant dunning,
Due III SUES from one to twenty.
Would you lift burden from us?
Would you drive = spectre from you?
Would vou taste pleasant sluin ber?
Would you have quiet conscience?
Would you read paper paid for?
Send rs money! g2Ga Us money!
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-15

A VEXED QUESTION ShTrLED.-Hev
Whangdoodle Baxter undertook to enisht-
en- darl. little Sunday school Xii.
"Who am de fodder of Iebadce's children?
Talk up now, niggaE."
Il dunuo, Dsy Gou't lib il our nahor
hood"
"What is dc name q. d. ,:Aidrua5 what
lib next doah 10 yeI:'
"Yerger."
Whats the name Oh Ia. ;-i.:er?.'
'Kurrel Yerger. sah .
"Now tell uo who an, ;.e sodd-r Oh Zehe-
dee's childrnns.;;
"kurnel Ycrgcr, ch c:iir-s..':
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-15

.sARE- DOWN PRICES IN PAPER MACHE
lel AND KID-BODY DOLLS.
A line of Kid Body Dolls, reduced from 81 to
75c; Kid Body Dolls, reduced from 81 so to 81 !;
Kid Body Dolls, reduced from S1.1o tc Sl.5S !;
Pspier Machc Dolls, reduced to less than importa-
tion cost.
HOLIDAY GOODS.
Have received all the latest French aud Vienna
Novelties for the holidays
Plaques, Opal Plaques, Paiettes, Tambourincs,
Plush Frames and Brass and Hammered Brass
Frames handsomely painted in various designs.
french Plate Doublc.folding Mirrors. Glove
Boxes Handkerchief Boxes, Mems and Ladies
Travelling aud Toilet Cases. Painted and En-
bro;dered M1uchoir Cases III silk satin and plush.
all coors, A fall limo of Manicure Cases and
Goods, Smokers sets. Polka Sets, Tourists Cups
and Glasses and handsome line Of Sconces
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-15

I'VE ASK AN EXAMINATION by our friends
w and the public of our stock of Merino and
all Wool Under wear.
oct6 AMOS b. oLa % Iahhn.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-04-18

"Gather up the fragments of time,
that nothing be LOST This can be ad-
dressed only to those who are employing
the greater portion Of their time in some
earnest work He who floats loosely
and aimlessly in society, has no frag-
ments of time as related to a whole. 1t
IS all fragments. He himself is a frag-
ment lying useless, and his whole life
requires to be recast. But whatever
the great business of a man may be,
however engrossing, there viii always
be some fragments Of time that will re-
main, and with most men these are so
considerable, that the disposition made
of them will greatly modify the results
of life. The secret Of doing much is to
do a little at a time, but to persevere In
DONG it. A half III hour a day in the
service of an earnest purpose, has been
sufficient for the acquisition of Ian
guages and the writing of books, and
for laying the foundation Of a lasting
fame. Even the minute fragment re-
quired for drawing his waxed end was
employed by Roger Sherman in looking
on his book open before him; and it was
thus he became a sage and the slgner of
the Declaration of independence. Let
a professional man, or any man, when
he starts in life, have a side study, belt
history, or language, or poetry, or any
branch of natural history, or geology,
and let him give to 1t the fragments of
his time, and he will be surprised at his
own acquisitions; the whole tone of his
thoughts and life will be elevated, the
change of subject will be his best re-
creation. And what is thus true in lit
erature and science, is still more so in
religion, and all that relates to duty.
There is no time too brief for an ejacu-
latory prayer. When the cOuntenance
of Nehemiah was sad for the desola-
tiOns of Jerusalem, and the King asked
him, "What is thy request2" there was
time between the question and the IN
swer Tor him to pray to the "God of
Heaven" If the object of this world
had been to furnish opportunities for
doing good, it could hardly have been
arranged better than it is, and whoever
has. a heart set upon that, will have no
need bat any fragments Of time he may
gather up should be lost.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-04-18
a japanese Girls Toilet.

When a japanese girl gets up in the
morning, she washes her face, but does
not have to comb her hair. That is
attended to but once a week. The hair
dresser comes to the house and arranges
her jet black locks in the fashion for
little girls of her age. So she has 10
trouble about her hair, and after her
bath the servants assist her to powder
her neck with a small white brush. She
puts a little paint On her lower lip. and
a little gliding in the middle. When
she removes her sleeping-dress, she has
on only a short skirt, which is simply a
square piece Of cloth, Grape or silk tied
around the waist. No other under
clothing is worn.
In making her toilet, for the day, she
first puts on a garment made usually of
some dark material, not very long, and
reaching only to the waist, but with
long sleeves. On the neck of this gar
ment is sewed a deep fold of scarlet or
some bright-colored Grape or silk. A
long, straight skirt of blue or red Grape,
silk or wool is tied around the waist,
and over all three of these garments is
worn the klmonO, or dress. This is of
some dark color, and made of coarse
spun silk or thick Grape. For festivals
and holidays, the dresses are of very
fine material and very handsome. The
outer dress is simply a wrapper reach
ing to the feet, with very long wide
sleeves hanging nearly to the ground,
and used az pockets. On each shoulder,
a deep tuck is made which extends to
the waist, a little fulness for the skirt.
But the dress has no gathers, and is
straight all the way down. The neck is
adorned with a wide piece Of black vel
vet or satin, which reaches nearly to
the waist, and the dress IS crossed over
the bosom and confined by a girdle.
Over this is worn a very wide sash, a
piece OF brocaded silk OF satin, stiff
with embroidery in gold or silver, lined
with soft silk, and fastened behind in a
very large bow. Wien these are all on,
but b~arefcoted, or if in cold weather,
in white mitten-soeks, made 10 reaeh
only TO the ankle, and with a place in
which 10 put the great toe Gust a nit
tens have a place for the tbumbl, she
goes out 10 say "Ohaio, F" or goOd.mora-
Ing, to.her father or mother.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-04-18
PENIS GROVE. n. j.. SATURDAY. APRIL IS, 1888.

JOHNNIE; there was room only for an
other. Jack took Miss Talbot's hand.
"YOu will have to wait here some
hours, - he said calmly, ''but you will
be safe. Let me help you up"
She drew away her hand.
"No, no; let me stay here"
Are you mad. Miss Talbot2'' Jack
said. 'Do you know it is your only
chance of life2 In a few moments the
tide will sweep you away from herc.o
you will stay?" she taltered raising
her eyes heavy with tears to his.
81 have faced death a hundred times,
and never feared it. 1t will be sweet to
die now, and know you are safe, " he
answered in a low voice.
She drew close to him, and laid her
trembling hand upon his,
let me stay with you" she whis-
pered.
He forgot in that moment the near
presence of death-fOTgOt everything
but how dear she was to him, and that
her love was his. In the softly muir
INJURED words, the look of her beautiful
eyes. he discerned his mistake.
"Thank Heaven Tor thisl' he half
sobbed, holding her in his arms. sob,
my darling, you have made life dear to
mel 1t is hard to die now"
Heavens will be donel'' she whis-
pered. clinging to him, and hiding her
face from the cruel tide.
"Oh, uncle Jack. a boat is comingl
LOokl" cried Arthur from above.
Swiftly across the cleaning waters a
little skiff was coming to the rescue.
"Look up, look up, dearestl Thank
Heaven we are sayedl'
The water was rising rapidly round
them when TIE boat came up; Arthur
ered than any of them.
''Oh, thank Heaven | am in timel
They told me you had come this way"
'"There is no harm done, " said Jack,
handing in the two boys. and hiding his
deep feeling by light words.
No one had missed them at home, so
Alice and Mrs. Barham knew of the
danger only when it was over
Florence stayed at the Rectory for
dinner. There. was much to explain to
Jack, who was too happy now to care to
hear how Launcelot Murray had been
engaged to Florence's cousin, and that
through his wild ways the engagement
had been broken off. Florence had been
the mediator between them, and made
matters all right again; but she never
knew how nearly 1t had wrecked her
life's happiness. Only to his brother
did Jack tell the history of his mistake.
Launeelot Murray departed next day
to the home of his lady-loye, to Jacks
satisfaction, for now he had Florence
all to himself, and could find opportuni-
ties to persuade her that there was time
enough to lie married IN, and sees good
deal of Europe before coming home to
keep Christmas.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-04-18
70 Mothers.

If YOU saw no. mean no. Unless you
have a good reason for changing a given
command, hold 10 it.
Take al Interest in your children's
amusements; mothers share in what
pleases them is a great DELIGHT.
Remember that trifes to you are
mountains to them; respect their feel.
ings.
Keep up a standard Of priuciples;y0ur
children are your Judges.
Be honest with them 10 small things
as well as III great. II YOU cannot tell
them what they wish to know, say so
rather than deceive them.
As long as it is possible, kiss the
children goodnight after they are in
bed they Ike it, and it keeps them very
close.
Bear in mind that you are largely re-
sponsible for your child's inherited
character and be patient with them.
If you have lost a child remember that
for the Il that is gone there is ne more
to do; for those left, everything.
Make your boys and girls study ply
siOlogy when they are i'll try to make
them comprehend why, how the COM
plant arose, and the remedy SO far as
you know it.
Impress upon them from early infan-
cy that their actions have results, and
that they cannot escape consequences
even by being sorry when they have
done wrong.
Respect their little secrets; if they
have coneealments, frettlng them Will
never make them tell, and time and pa
thence will.
Allow them, as they grow older, to
have opinions of their own; make them
individuals, and not mere echoes.
Find out all their special tastes, and
develop them instead Of spending time,
money and patience IN forcing them
into studies that are entirely repugnant
to them.
Mothers. whatever else you may
teach your girls, do not neglect to in
struct them in the mysteries of house,
keeping. So shall YOU put them in the
way of making home happy.
!. Take your children yourself, if you
can, to places of amusement; let them
associate you with their enioyments;
when they are parents themselves the
memory of it will influence them in
their treatment of their children. For
their sakes enjoy life with them if pos
sible; clouds will come to them before
long.
The Penn's Grove record., 1885-04-18
TEfs MOftRU ".

On yesteruight the sky was bright,
With boaming moon and stars Ok light,
Tonight a storm Is raging high,
And blackuess brnods upon the sky;
The stars are queached, the moon is dead
The world is dark with quakiug dread
Alas, what shall the morrow bring
From underneath nights raven wing?
TIE morrow oh, thou fearful heart,
Do thou to-day but act thy part,
The burden~of the present bear,
And leave to God the iuorr3,y's care.
His hand enHrxols, with grace sublime,
The ebb and flow Of life and time,
And He, FROM gloom Of darkest night,
Shall brinEtbeo forth to MONDAY light.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-02-03

Orer the Garden Wai."-This evening Mr.
ana Mrs. George :. Knight will present the
above named laughablo absurdity at the opera
house. They will have large house, If merit
and popular prices can bring about such result
The Boston Post says the piece " is full OF songs
and comical situations, which are multiplied
almost without limit. Mr.. and Mrs knight
were, fcourse the favOritcs, and they were ably
supported by good company
Tho EliS FdmUy-ThiS evening at the First
Baptist church, East Chestnut street the famous
Ellis family of bell ringers will give an enter
tainmCnt that should be well patronizcd.
Maggie MitcheH.-This great favoritc OF the
dramatic stage will appear tomorrow evening
at the opera house I'm Little Barefoot" 1t i
said to be " one of the most popular of Maggie
Mitchell's pieces. and judging by its power to
draw, il may be said to be quite as attructive "a
any of those to which circumstances and chance
have combined to add Il wider celebrity"
Harry MoHtdgUe'S Comedy Company
organization will begin a three nights engage
ment on Thursday, vita an extra matinee ON
Saturday nt $50 o'clock. Their prices are 10, p
and SOC. TO all parts of the house. The Reading
Times says: " Mr.. Harry Montague, in his dual
role OF Walter HavilaEd and Arthur, his son,
played acceptably. Mr.. Montague l. graceful
and pleasing actor. The support was fair"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-02-03
A Great Religious Revival.

Saltillo Huntingdon county, and the COM
munity for distance of four or five miles
around are swayed by the most intense relig-
ous iervor. A revival in the Methodist church,
under ministry of Rev. Charles Dunning, has
been in progress for nearly a month and has
been drawing into ii the unconyerted by the
score The meetings are nightly crowded so
tnat there is scarce room for the great mass
OF people to kneel at prayer or to rise TO their
ieeI The number Of seekers is undiminished
Members of other denominations are carried
away with the enthusiasm, and Presbyteri-
ans, Baptists aud Dunkers join in the praise
ana shouting with zeal and vigor that have
been regarded as characteristic Of their Meth
oois' prethern alone. Distinctions Of sect and
creed have been lost in the general union Of
the churches in the work Of Christian copyer-
sion. The reyivals in other parts of the coun-
ty are still going or.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-02-03
COMMON PLE4S COURT.
A Verdict Against the Penn Iron Company.
Current Business.

n
Current Business.
BEFORE JUDGE PATTERSON.
All of Monday afternoon and evening was
taken up in the argument by counsel of the
suit of Frank Diller Va The Penn Iron COM
pany, limited. The jury were charged by
the court this morning, and after a delbera-
ton of two hours, rendered verdict in favor
of plaintiff, and assessed the damage at S205.
The suit of Samuel Keeler and Mary
Keller, his wife. for tho use Of Mary Kecler
The American Merchants Building and
Loan association, was attached for trial this
morning. This was an action TO recover the
value of nine shares of the stock of the de-
fendants association alleged TO be the prop
erty of Mary Keller. The examination had
not progressed far enough when court ad.
iourned at noon to develop the facts in the
case.
In the suit Of John w. Swift and w. 4.
Swift w. J. Swift & Bro, Judgment by con-
sent, was entered in favor of plaintiffs for
1857. .95 and costs of suit.
IN the suit of Aldus +. Hawthorn and G.
w. Hawthorn VS.. Robert +. Bruce action TO
recover damages for an alleged infringement
on trade mark, the plaintiffs suffered a non
suit
BEFORE JUDGE LIvISGsTON.
The suit of John F. Girvin vs. f. Y.
Sterner was attached for trial before Judge
Livingston in the lower court room this morn
ing. This was suit brought by plaintiff to
recover for 1881 tobacco sold to defendant at
NJ cents per pound. When the plaintiff
delivered the tobacco the defendants en-
ployes refused to accept the same, and plain
| tiff brought this suit. Before the case had
| proceeded far it became necessary for the
| plaintiff to amend his declaration or suffer a
non suit. He preferred to amend. The de-
| fendant pleaded surprise and the case went
over at plaintiffs costs.
| CURRENT BUSINESS
II. X. Brossman was divorced from his
wife Lucetta Brossman, and Martin Lesy
! from his wife Susan, on the ground OF
| adultery.
f. NJ. Weidle, who served a term for a
misdemeanor, was discharged as an insolvent
| debtor.
Reasons for new trial were filed by the
| plaintiffs in the suit of Catherine u. and
! Agnes Kelly against the county of Lancas
| ter, for damages to their land, caused hy the
| proposed opening of Green street
| Lydia Ann McCarty, wife of Moses Me
Carly, of Earl township, was granted the
benefits of the act of April 3, 1872, giving
married women the benefits of their separate
| earnings.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-02-03
OWE or THE OLDEST.
Death Of nm Old soldier. who Was the senior
Citizen of the Town.

At the residence of his son, John Spangler
grocer and ex-restaurateur, on Columbia ave-
nue., this city, to-day died, of old age, his
father, Francis Joseph Spangler, in the 9Sth
year Of his age--in all probability the oldest
person in Lancaster.
Mr.. Spangler, though so far advanced in
years, had enjoyed fair degree of good
health, and 1t was the hope of himself aud
his family that he would round out century
After short illness his death occurred be-
tween Q and 10 o'clock this morning.
Besides his sons-Jo ohm. William, late bar
keeper at the Cooper house and John, the
slater, he left daughter, wife of Charles
Zech, who lives on North Queen street. near
the Schiller house.
Deceased was born in Baden Baden. Ger
many, and was soldier under Napoleon in
the great Continental war which shook
Europe and disturbed the whole polti-
cal world in the early part of the present
century. He was probably the sole survivor
Of those armies in Lancaster. His mind was
clear and his memory good and he was wont
TO relate with much vividncss and to tell with
great pride of the military achievements
which he had seen and part of which he was
His funeral will take place on Thursday
at a IN. from the residence of his son where
he has long made his home, and after re-
QUEEN high mass at St Joseph's Catholic
church his body will he Inferred in St.
Joseph's cemetery.
Mr. Spangler was married in Germany TO
Mary Magdalena Wetzel who is dead some
years. He came to Lancaster in 1851, soon
after he landed in New York, and though by
vocation farmer aud grape grower in the
old country, he adopted no particular calling
here. In 1866 he fell from a grape arbor
while trimming vines for Mr.. Houston in
this city and received injuries of which he
long felt the effects
Since the candidacy of Pierce he has taken
an active interest in politics and voted for every
Democratic candidate for president, since
Buchanan, inclusive. He reioiced greatly
in Cleveland's election, and his regrets at
death were modified by the satisfaction he
felt in leaving the county under Democratic
rule.
Death of Old Grave Digger.
Abram Kline, sr., of Cresswell, died on
Friday last, aged II years. Mr.. Kline was
an old resident of Manor township and life
long Democrat He was highly respected by
all who knew him. He was an old grave
digger and dug nearly all the graves at Cress-
well for many years He was buried yester-
day, Monday, at Cresswell church. His
funeral was largely attended.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-02-03
KILLED IN HER HUT.
Death Of an Aged Woman, Who Had Been
Hermit Forty Eight Years.

Death Of an Aged Woman, Who Had Been
Hermit Forty-Eisht Years.
Undoubtedly the strangest character in
Eastern Pennsylvania died on Monday in
the mountains back of Bernville, Berks
county. This was Sallie Ketner, who was
known as "The Woman Hermit of the
Mountains" She lived alone in a rude log
hut, away from all society and neighbors.
The tumble-down hovel fell of its own
weight Some of the falling timbers struck
the woman and she was so badly injured that
she died shortly after being taken from the
wreck. -Four of her favorite dogs were also
killed. The old woman was S4 years old and
lived in voluntary exile in the same old
dilapidated hut exactly forty-eight years
The story OF her eccentric life would fill a
book. When she took up her solitary abode
she was thirty-sx years old. People
remember her as stout, healthy and comely
woman The story goes that in her youthful
days she fell in love with prepossessing
young man, who followed the sea for living
He lett with the promise that in five years he
would make er his bride He never re-
turned, having Teen impressed into the SER
vice of another country. He died in French
prison sixty years ago, but the old woman
kept his memory ever green, would never
have anything to do with men, and in her
bosom when dead was found the last letter
from her lover, faded with age, written just
before he died. The woman grew melan-
choly, forsook her family and friends, re-
ceived small inheritance from her father,
and in 1887 took up the life of a hermit She
fled at the approach Of strangers was good
shot and during the winter season her hut
hung full OF game brought down by her
unerring rifle.
She abhorred men, never spoke to them, if
she could helpit and lived in the society of
her cats and dogs, of which she had nineteen
OF the former and twelve of tho latter. Ere.
quently she was not seen for months. The
rumor in the neighborhood was that she was
miser and had considerable money hid
away, but none has yet been found In the
debris Of her hut. Tho Rev. d. d. Trexier
will oificiate at her funeral on THURSDAY
Her rude life had made her healthy and
strong and when she died she WAS as well
preserved as woman of fifty.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-02-03
LET THESE THINGS DE CONSIDERED.

Thousands Of men die every day who could De
saved. Prejudice il mainly TO blame for this
loss of life. If IL were believed that the sum of
disease may certainly be reduced by physiC,
much would be gained. And yet the proposition
Is very simple II you take ont daily more i'm
puTitieS than is daily generated, you will soon
be rid of impurities. The effect OF this wise
practice is soon seen in Bilious, Liver and Kid
ney troubles. But II Is equally of value in head
and brain affections in Pleurisy, Pneumonia,
ApopleNy and Paralysis.
In chronic and acute Rheumatism, and in all
affections of the bowels, this principle soon re
lieves and cures, when the medicine used is
BRANDRETHs PILLS.
Yes, when all other means and medicine have
failed to relieve from pain, these pills have
cured, by taking impurities from the bowels and
blood, and thousands of men and women now
place BRANDRETHs Pitts among the blessings of
mankind,