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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-06-18

MONUMENTS TO DR. AMBLER Mr.. VIM
Cbauucey, of this city, has just finished, and
will tomorrow forward 10 Markham, q
handsome monument which will he placed
~ Mrs. S. NJ. Amber, in Leeds parish
church yard over the remains of her son,
DR.. J. NJ. Amber, a member OF the DeLoug
expedition, and who persisted in the Arctic
regions in 1881. The monument is of
marble, of pretty design, is ten feet high
and represents broken column, at the
base Of which is the following inscription:
In Memory of
JAMES NJ. NJ. AMBLER
Surgeon on the
Inflated JEANETTE,
Died oct, 1881.
IN his 33rd Year Near ths Mouth I'll the Lena
River.
III. last written words when he knew he was
dying were: Il write this il fall Faith
aud confidence i'll the help OF orr
Lord Jesus Christ
Blessed are those that die in the Lord"
The memorial tablet in honor of DR.. AM
bier, a distinguished alunnus Of Washing
ton and Lee University, ordered By the So
c!ety of the Alumni Of the University, saws a
correspondent ofthe Richm oni Dispatch has
reached Lexington aud was placed in n con
spicuous place on the wall Of tine University
chapel Immediately to the right Of the pull
pit 1t is made of bronze, the inscription
being in black letters engraved thereon. It.
j. handsomely set in an ebony frame, and
attracts considerable attention by its nov
city Of design and unique appearance.
The following is the inscription on the
tablet:
In Memory of
JAMES MARKHAM MARSHALL ANBLEE
Past Assistant Surgeon u. $. Navy.
Eoru in Fauquer County, Nireinia, December 50,
1918
Student of Washington College, 1S6o-1o6I.
He Persisted on the banks Of the Lena River,
Siberia in the retreat of Capt. belongs Company
from the U. S. Steamer Jeanette ia October
1891.
He declined the last chance of life that he
might help his comrades. His last written words
we're tho confident expression of his Christian
Faith. To him "Huty was the noblest word III
the ENGLISH LANGUAGE,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-06-18

This great medicine is for sale 10y all Druggists Gro
and Dealers generally Price Soc and 81 per bottle
jc3-coly y. \. WAKEFIELD, Agent, Alexandria.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-06-18

I, John S. Beach, Clerk Of the tti pnration Court
of the city of Alexandria, do certify, James R.
Cation, Commissioner rs above Ha'acd, has cxecu-
ted bond with approved securitr, in the penalty
of $500. JOHN s. BEACH,
iclS-ttis Clorls COOPERATION Court.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-06-18

Jersey CHAINS from $1.OO to $3.50, some
- thing very pretty, at "
ie3 10 n Royal street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-06-18

James Gibbons Archbishop of Baltimore. says that
he tried DR. Pctzods German Bittcrs." and find, il
10 DC pleasant and efficient Tonic and Appetizer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-06-18

DARBED WIRE FENCING 10000 pounds
ID received to day. price is low ard now is the
time to buy. JAS. =. CARLIS & SONS.
leo Alexandria, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-06-18

WHITE WASH, DUST, SHOE AND PAINT
W Brushes. :ul! supply on hand.
3. VI. MALLS,
my25 Cor King and Washington streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-06-18

CPRlEG GOODS just received and sold on the
y nimhlc sGpencc plan, better than Slow shi!l-
ing. Call aud sec them 20
marie AMOS Z. SIAYMkKER'S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-06-18

CPECIAL ATTENTION-CORNS.- Cele-
y brated Victory Corn Plaster, Magic Corn Cure,
Csu,ns' Corn Solvent Pel's Corn Cure. For sale by
anil W. F. CREIGHTON & co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-06-18

IITEHAVE a NiLL LOT OF LADIES KID
w Gloves. wGrth from 30 II 70 cents, which
we will close out this week at 80 cents.
JOHN Il. CHAPMAN,
mh19 % King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-06-18

J1NAMELED PRESERVING KETTLES, at SO
II King. corner OF Royal street. Just received
Il full supply of Enamecd and Brass Kettles Of all
sizes, for sale at reduced prices hy
id T. r CREIGHTON & SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-06-18

CTRICLLY PURE BOILED AND RAW LIN
~ seed Oil received this day.
B. W. MALLS,
my25 s. e. Cor. King and Washington SITS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-06-18
Our Entire Stock at and Below Cost!

Stock large and varied and largely consists OF New oodsprnts
Giughans Hosiery Linens Table Linens Napkins Domestics
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
Whales in the Farce Islands.

An average whale will yield meat
and blubber (Which is for the most
part melted into oily in worth about
e3 Is. sd. A herd Of only 200 grind,
successfully landed, will therefore
be worth to the Faroese nearly 600
no small sum. remembering that the
whole fund of the Farce Savings Bank
stands at only 106,S61 kroner (about
e6OOO). But, in this primitive COM
munity, actual money (though we'll
appreciated is of less consequence to
the people than moneys worth. The
whales supply them with a,store of
meat; 1t is on account Of this that
they are specially jubilant. For
months after the capture there. will be
plenty Of ~feasting in all the houses
within the district of the killing.
Some of the meat will be roasted and
thus eaten fresh. though most of 1t
will be picked As to the blnbber,
what is not reduced into oil will he
consumed as butter, or dried, salted,'
and eaten like fat bacon in England
Saturday RepteD.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
HUMOROUS.

There has been a big jump in the
frog market.
Teacher-Deane snoring" Small
boy-Letting off sleep.
The school ma'am who married q
tanner had evidently a glimmering Of
the fitness Of things.
Some malignant slandersr now
states that a woman needs no euloigst,
for she speaks for herself.
Fond mother-Are you better, my
dear? Little Efie-I dunno; is the
jelly all gone? Eyes" well I'm
well enough to get up. then"
ut seems to me-" moaned he. as he
fled toward the front gate, with the
old man behind him, "that there are
more than three feet in a yard"
My son, how is it that you are al
ways behindhand with your studies p
because if I were not behindhand
with them. I could not pursue them"
"Did you do nothing to resuscitate
the body" was recently asked of a
witness. Eyes, sir; we searched the
pockets" was the reply.
A Sunday-school scholar was asked,
apropos of Solomon, who was the great
Queen that travelled 80 many miles to
see him. The scholar-in fact, the
whole school-looked as if little help
care your domestic relations agree
able?" was the question put to an IN
h~appy-looking specimen of humanity.
20, my domestic relations are. all
right" was the reply. "it's my wife's
relations that are causing the trouble"
The principal of an academy, who
had just purchased a new bell to hang
on the cupola of the institution, AID
also married a handsome woman, made
an unfortunate photographed error
when he wrote to the president of the
board Of trustees: 81 have succeeded
in procuring a fine la~rge-tongu.d
BELLE"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
From AfAr.

Sweet, that I soc thee when thy dimpled smile
Breaks fresh across the SILVER misty morn,
And when thy sunny eyes
Shame all tho sunny skies,
And no rose lovely rs thy lips is born
That is enough.
Sweet, that I hear thee when thy mellow voice.
Floats down the twilight in half whispered
song,
While every wren aud thrush
And all the robins hush,
And listen like my silent heart, and long
That is enough.
Sweet, TINT I dream of thee in holy night,
When tho tired world hath rocked itself t.
sleep,
And when my yearning heart
Let's day and care depart,
And findeth rest on Loves unbroken deep
That is enough.
W.. j. Henderson.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
Schools and Press OF Mexico

SCuOOlS dIu ITcSS OL W0XlCOs
1t is q lamentable fact that but q
small portion Of the Mexican people
are able to read and write. The total
number of illiterate persons is not
definitely known, there being no accu.
rate ensus returns to which reference
can be made. The most reliable esti-
mate that a be arrived at places the
number at 100000. or fully two
thirds of the entire population.
1t IS safe to say OF all the daily pa
pers published in the City of Mexico
no one of them has a circulation Of
500 copies outside of the city OF publ.
cation. while it is more than probabl.
that the combined outside circulation
of all the dailies will not exceed that
number. I have been in a Mexican
city of $4,000 inhabitants, where not
single copy Of a daily newspaper wa+
subscribed for by the entire popula-
tion. and where rot fifty newspapers
Of any kind were received at tho post.
office, except those addressed to resi-.
dents and visitors of foreign b,.th.-
Indianapolis Times.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
Wall Street Slang.

Stockholders have a dialect of their
own that is caviare to the crowd.
Like the trademarks and "shop'
terms Of merchants. it must be ex-
planned to be ineligible to the multi
tude. 1t is pithy. pungent, scintillat-
ing, and sometimes rank. 1t precisely
characterizes every variation and as
pect of the market. A broker or oper-
ator is ':long of stocks when "carry-
ing" or holding them for a rise;
'loads" himself by buying heavily,
perhaps in ''blocks" composed Of any
number of shares-say 5000 or 10000
bought in alump, and is therefore a
'bull," whose natural action is to low
er his horns and give things a hoist.
He forces quotations" when he wish
es to keep up the price of a stock;
balloons" it to a height above its in
trinsic value by imaginative stories,
fictitious sales, and kindred methods;
takes ga fier," or small side venture,
that does not employ his entire CAPT
tai; 'tlies kites" when he expands his
credit beyond ju%dicious bounds; "holds
the market" when he buys sufficient
stock to prevent the price from declin-
ing; "milks the street. when he holds
certain stock so skillfully that he rails
es or depresses prices at pleasure, and
thus absorbs some of the accessible
cash in the street; buys when the
'market is sick" from Misrepresentation;
keenly examines "points"-theories or
facts-on which to base speculation;
'unloads" when he sells what has
been carried for some time; has a
swimming market" when all is buoy
ant; spills stocks" when he throws
great quantities upon the market.
either from necessity or to "break,"
L e.. lower the price. He saddles the
market" by foisting a certain stock
upon it, and is "out of" any stock
when he has sold what he held of it.
-Ho,per's Magazine. r
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
A New England Picture.

The next NOR ming, when the fog
that screened the water slowly rolled
away. we saw a wonderful gil aiming,
glowing country, stretches of moor
and meadow land broken into by belt
ings Of trees and ridges green and
brown in spots, or lying golden with
the cassia plants like English broom
upon them. At the waters edge there
were marshy bends, whence seemed to
flow forth ripples of light that reached
on to The holder waters where the sun
cleaned as on a broken mirror, and
the white sails Of boats went in and
out catching sunlight and shadow in
swift succession. But away from this
strong effect are bits that bring the
pencils Of Clifford and Sartain quickly
to mind; old roadways with orchard
trees. and windmills with the jagged
outlet Of water, or the cone-shaped
roofs Of the salt works rising against
the sky, and everywhere in form and
color suggesting. as nothing else upon
II journey had done, the Old World
Holland. perhaps, or some parts Of
France. A peasant from the Loir-
and-Cher would have "come" admira-
bly, in n brown field we passed,
where the background was of gray
sky and pale green foliage; and cross
ing the stone bridge toward Dart
mouth village there was all the set
ting Of a Dutch picture-the sombre
tones mingling with vivid green, the
broken lands with windmiils active in
the distance, and the curve of the
water with a boat all gray and brown
and d!ngy green anchored in it's one
strong spot Of light.-Raape,'s 'Maga-
cine.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
Fable Of the Jaokass and the Dude.


At a meeting Of the farm animals
the Dude once attempted to prove his
relationship to the Jackass.
"Why," he said, vainly, "just look a,
my earsl We must be nearly related"
"True," returned the .Jackass, ..you
may be a degenersted mule; bnt
though l have often heard men cal
you a jackass, they have never yet in
suited me by calling mo a Dude"
At this speech the other animals
burst into roars Of laughter. and tn.
c%restfallen Dude s!aak silently away.
MORAL: This Fable teaches us that
an ordinary mortal should not attempt
t. claim the acquaintance Of 4 hotel
cleik.-LVe. ,ss ~,
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
Great Canals.

The canals of America are larger
than. those Of Europe, but they are not
the largest in the world. The Impe-
rial Canal of China is over 1000 miles
long. The Erie Canal is 1904 miles
long; the Ohio Canal, Cleveland to
Portsmouth, 1872; the Wabash and
Erie. Evansville to the Ohio line, 374.
The greatest canal undertaking on the
European continent was completed in
1861. This was the Canal of Lam
guedoc, or the Canal du Midi, to con-
meet the Atlantic with the Mediterra-
mean It's length is 148 miles, it has
more than 100 locks and about dfty
a%cqueducts. and its highest part is no
less than 600 feet above the sea; it is
navigable for vessels Of upwards of
600 tons. The largest ship canalin
Europe is the great North Holland
Canal, completed in 1925, 125 feet
wide at the water surface, thirty-one
feet wide at the bottom. and has a
depth Of twenty feet; it extends from
Amsterdam to the Helder, ifty-on
miles. The Caledonia Canal, in Scot
land, has a total length of sixty miles,
including three lakes, The Suez Canal
is eighty-eight miles long, Of which
sixty-six miles are actual canal.-Bos-
ton Budget
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
The Kernel Of tho srgument.

A bushel of corn, S..,en compacted
into lard, or cheese, or butter. can find
its market anywhere in the world
where the cost Of sending the coru
itself would make a market for 1t i'm
possible. Besides this, in the making
Of the lard or butter a manurial resi-
due IS left on the land. instead OF
being carried away to fertilize foreign
fields. This is the kernel of the argu-
ment for mixed farming. instead Of
grain farming.-NeW Orleans Tinses-
Denocrat. al Ems
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
An Outdoor Insane Asylum.

The celebrated Belgian colony of the
insane at Gheel has nothing in its ex-
ternai appearance suggestive of the
ordinary lunatic asylum; it's inhabi-
tants give M superficial indication
that a large proportion of them are
madmen.
If one would conceive what Gheel
is, he must imagine a town of five or
six thousand souls, in no way different
from other towns of like Importance,
surrounded by a number of hamlets
containing altogether, perhaps, about
as many more inhabitants. These
people have been, from a very remote
period, in the habit of taking insane
persons to board in their houses. The
lunatics live in constant contact with
the family Of their host. They share
in their labors and their pleasures if
SO inclined and their means permit it.
They come and go, in the enjoyment
of an almost absolute liberty. It has,
however, been found necessary for the
good Of the patients and of the settled
population to organize administrative
and medical services. in order TO pre-
vent dangerous and improper persons
from being sent to the colony, and for
the care of the mental and physical
affections of the patients, and for Sc
curing to them proper accommodation
and treatment; and an inirmary has
been established for those who need
medical care. But the administration
makes very little show. The whole of
the Gheel district is an asylum; and
the streets and the surrounding coun-
try are the promenade of the lunatics.
Popular Science Monthly.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
Two Rooms.

A beautiful room with tinted walls,
A bust. where the colored sunshine falls,
A laoe hung bed with O satin fold,
A lovely room, all blue and gold
And ennui.
II.
A quaint old room with rafters bare,
A small white bed, a rocking chair,
A book, a stalk where q flower had been,
An open door and all within
Content.
Good Housekeeping.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
Concerning Clover.

Every group Of organisms, every
genus and every species of plant Or
animal, has certain strong points
which enable it to hold its own in the.
struggle for existence against its com-
petitors of every kind. Most groups
have also their weak points, which lay
them open to attack or extinction at
the hands of their various enemies.
And these weak points are exactly the
ones which give rise most of all to
further notifications. A species may
be regarded in its normal state as an
equilibrium between structure and en-
vironing conditions. But the equilib-
rum is never quite complete; and the
points Of incompleteness are just those
where natural selection has a fair
chance of establishing still higher
qualifications. These are somewhat
abstract statements in their naked
form: let US see how far definiteness
and concreteness can BIZ given to them
by applying them in detail to the case
Of a familiar group of agricultural
plants-the clovers.
10 most people clover is the name
of a single thing, or, at most, of two
things, purple clover and Dutch clover;
but to the botanist it is the name of a
vast group of little Towering plants,
all closely resembling one another in
their main essentials, yet all differing
infinitely from m another in two or
three strongly marked pe%culiarities of
minor Importance, which nevertheless
give them great distinctness Of habit
and appearance. In England alone
we have no less than twenty-one rec
ognized species Of clover, of which at
least seventeen are really distinguish
ed among themselves by true and un-
mistakable differences, though the 9TH
or four appear to me to be mere botan-
lists species, of 10 genuine structural
value. If we were to take in the
whole world. instead of England alone,
the number of clovers must he increas-
ed to several hundreds. The question
for our present consideration. then, is
twofold: first, what gives the clovers
as a class. their great success in the
struggle for existence. as evidenced by
their numerous species and individ-
uals; and, secondly, what has caused
them to break up into so large a num-
Der Of closely allied but divergent
groups. each possessing some special
popularity Of its own, which has in
sured for it an advantage in CERTAIN
situations ove all it's nearest congen-
ers?--Popul0r Science Monthly.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24

the men become expers in the capture
the whales become shy and keep more
In deep water. This will be fatal to
the business, as at present conducted,
since dead whale usually sinks, and
can hardly be recovered from a depth
Of more than forty fathoms.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24

A California miner has invented
what he calls q mechanical mine finder,
by which it is claimed metal bearing
veins can be detected with accuracy.
He has already directed the attention
of several capitalists to deposits Of an
timoney, silver and gold.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24

In Ceylon the natives cover down
newly killed venison with honey, in
large esrthen pots: these are not
opened for three years. and the meat
so preserved is said to be Of exquisite
flavor. 88s q
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24

Asia possesses the most powerfully
equipped hornets. The Indian Medi-
cal Gazette tells of u man who was
bitten on the neck by one Of them.
Within ten minutes he became cold,
pulseless, and unconcious. He was q
robust man, but the use of active rem
edies only brought him to after a
medium size, bright yellow and striped
with black.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
TOPICS OF H DAY.

The champion swimmer Of the world
is an Englishman, appropriately named
Finny.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24

err"
Hold IN, Kate !" said I, with the
coffee-pot still in my hand, as 1 had
been lifting it from the fire. "This is
never"
But it is, Mark!" cried out Kate
,breathlessly. "lt's mother; my own
mother! Oh, help me dearest, quickly,
she has tainted awayI" &
But she was all right again, present.
ly. sitting by the fire with her feet on
one of the warm cushions. which Kate
had knit with wooden needles, and
drinking hot coffee. 1t was all true.
The unfortunate passenger whose
pocket had been. picked on the train,
{aad to- whose rescue I had come, was
no other than my Kate's own mother.
who had determ ined to risk the perils
of journey to the for West to see her
child once again..
And she has been with us ever since,
the dearest old mother-in-law that
ever a man had, the comfort Of our
household, and the guardian angel of
little Kate and the baby, when I am
away on my long trips.
And little Kate declares now that
she is perfectly happy" God bless
her-rraay she never be otherwise.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-03-12
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

A school in Smiths Valley, Hunt
ington County, Pa, contains thirty
pupils named Smith.
when you have learned to sub
nit" says Prof. Riddle, ito do faith
fully, patiently, duty that is most dis
tasteful to you, God may permit you to
do work you like. "
The common-school system intro
duced into Utah by the various religious
denominations is said to be slowly but
surely undermining the system of pOlyg-
amy Chicago Times.
The Chilian Republic has formally
disestablished the Roman Catholic
Church, stricken the promise to support
it from the Presidents oath of office, and
enacted the freedom and equality of all
Christian denominations throughout its
borders.
"A large Buddhist temple is now in
| course of erection at Kiota, Japan. All
its timbers and pillars are put in place
by ropes made of human hair The
devotees of the god they worship offer
their hair on its shrine. The hair is
then cut off and is twisted by the priests
into church ropes.
The Educational Weekly, of Can
ada, recognizing the growing tendency
in the schools, toward the study of the
English language and literature, advises
all young teachers to give special atten-
ton to these subjects, as they hope
twenty years hence to be counted among
the educational leaders of the day.
BY the last annual report of the
Commissioner of Education it appears
that the relative number of women
teachers in the United States is on the
ivRrnaCn From tho fATf-ifnT.tU which
has reported, the sex of teachers there
are given the figures of 106, ,676 men,
and 166, 7O5 women. Eighteen States
show an increase in the average salary
of teachers. N Y. Sun.
-''Only five colleges in the country
have adequate endowments," says the
C0llegiGn. ''These are Columbia, with
So, ,OOO, 900; John Hopkins University.
$4,000, 900; Harvard, 81, 900, 90; Cor
nell, $4,000, 900; Princeton, $1,000, 600.
Less than half dozen mole have even
tOlerably liberal endowments: Tufts,
$3.50, 900; Brown, S720,000 Lafayette,
| $500, 900; Cincinnati University, $780,,
900. So far as we can ascertain, no
other college has an endowment of
over $3.50, 600"
Prof. Tarbell, an educator of high
rank, has declared the great work Of
the public schools of to-day to be the
preparation of the pupil, by technical
education, for those emplOyments in
which skilled hand is necessary. Ac-
cording to his view, it only remains for
the public to express n decided sentt-
ment in favor of industrial education.
in order that the schools shall respond
earnestly and readily to the demand
| This sentiment seems to be particularly
strong in New England, doubtless duo
| to the existence of so many manu'
| factories in that region Current.