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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-10-14

EOWLER'S FLY FANS. zone of the luxuries
l. Of the age" Also Fly Traps of different
kinds. For sale by JAS. F. CARLIN & SONS
js13 Alexandria. Va.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-17
AuId clifford Kirkyartl.

Lammermoorl grand are your glens and
your braes,
where courted my love in tho bright sum-
But the day dreams Of Joy, and the hours of
Have faded in gloom and the darkness Of
The sprinstime is past and the summer is
Oh, how loved thee, my sweetest, my own,
My darling, my dearest, my fondcst regard,
How silent yc sleep I'm aud Clifford kirkyardl
In the lull o tho night, where the heather
Our castle was built, and my love was the
queen.
A kinr may be proud OF his lofty degree,
But my love was far more than u kingdom TO
me;
oh, she was ne pure as the aow'rets o. May,
And her heart was as true as the god of the
My darling, my dearest, my fondest regard.
How silent ye sleep In aud Clifford kirkyard!
Forget thee, my darling! The last time we
met
TIL times latest hour will never forget.
Your eyes were as bright as the stars In the
sky.
when fondly we met by the banks of the
Dye.
Farewell to my darling, farewell TO my dear,
We parted forever; pale death hoverd near;
My darling, my dearest, my fondcst regard,
How silent ye sleep in auld Clifford kirkyard!
"A. wanless.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-17
The Era OF Gimcracks.

I have been up town lately. visiting
q pretty friend Of mine, whose husband
has salary of 5000 year, and how
jolly comfortable they might be on it Il
they were not permcated with the
principles Of this era of rot. They have
established themselves in stock apart
ment-house where liveried servants
tend the door and run tho elevator.
The light Of heaven reaches them
through stained glass. and It falls in
sickly greens and purples on tessellated
floors. They hive in a series OF closets,
the smallest of them being the bed
room. But they have no end of drap-
cry and hangings. They have bought,
with no discrimination and less taste,
lot of pictures-real Daubinas. They
are wonderfully framed; but the frames
are already opening in every corner.
They stand in fancy easels, and the
veneers are peeling off and sticking out
like so many onion skins. There's no
end of silver-plating on the open CRATES
and the doors of the establishment; but
my friend, being OF neat turn, has
polished it so thoroughly that after six
months occupancy the silver Is all of
and streaky black takes its place. The
house itself has been built, perhaps,
two years, and more shabbily put to-
gether edifice heart of man never con-
ceived and hand of man never put up.
In three moro years it will be . warp
ed, dismantled wreck. The blamed
little gingerbread decorations arc drop
ping Of. It is furnishing where it's met
al and cracking whore it's painted. L.
NeU York Mirror.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-17
Eight Miles . Day for Health.

In conversation with . newspaper
man David Dudley Field gives the
secret of the remarkable vigor which
he has maintained to the end of four
score years. and he says that its value
would have been very great to him half
. century ago. preventing . peril from
which he narrowly escaped. A knowl-
edge Of bis recipe will be especially
profitable for all young mon in cities.
"It is 10 daily exercise in the open air.
temperance and regularity OF habits
that ! attribute my perfect health" he
says, and he shows how 1t is possible
for any young man of good constitu-
ton to maintain robust health, even
though engaged in tho arduous pur-
suits Of professional life in tho busiest
of the cities OF the world. 1t 10 to be
hoped that Mr.. Field may illustrate his
theory of health by continuing his daily
walk Of eight miles for many years,
and that the celebration of his centen-
nial birthday may give the climax of
emphasis Ia the lesson which he i'm
parts.-NeU York Mail.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-17
BackwOo1s Customs.

Gilhooly, accompanied by several
strangers from the north, went out
on Onion creek for days hunting.
The party did not have any great
amount Of luck. having only succeeded
In bagging few doves and quail and
one squirrel. Late in the afternoon
they came to the thick bottom of Onion
creek. As the strangers were rather
tired they did not care to tramp
through the brush, SC Gilhooly made a
proposition to them:
! ..Now. gentlemen, I'll go into the
woods for three or fopr hundred yards.
1Ou stay here and rest yourselves and
listen. II want you to come to me,
or 1t is time to go home, I'll fire off the
right hand barrel of my gun. II l see
signs Of quail or doves I'll fire off the
other barrel. II see plenty of game
I'll fire of both barrels at once. Now,
on the other hand il ! don't want you
to come on. or it is not time to 20
home, I'll let you know by not firing
of the right hand barrel Of my gun.
II don't see much game III not fire
Oh the second barrel, and II don't see
any game I'll not fire OF both barrels
q once as signal to let you know 1t.
30 you keep your ears open until I
come back. "-Hszas Stflinos.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-17
SHOES AND FEET.

A shoe dealer Of Washington takes
occasion to give the fashionables Of the
National capital some good advice.
through the Republican. in tho care
and culture Of the feet. He says:
About two-thirds OF the feet that
walk our streets are more or less de-
formed or crippled with corns, bunions,
sunken arches. ingrowing nails, and
other unsightly. unnatural features. 1t
is as rare to find handsome foot as .
perfect hand-even rarer, for the foot
has to bear the weight Of the body. and
the style of shoe generally worn is
much more Objectionable than that Of
the gloves. Strange as it may appear
at first glance, there are more men
with well-shaped, natural feet than wo-
men.
'It arises chiefly from the excessive,
nearly always ignorant, solicitude moth
ers show about the feet Of their daugh-
ters when the latter are young. The
custom Of buying ready-made shoes, ,es-
pecially for children, is q fatal one to
the beauty and health of the foot. The
average man and woman are as incapa.
BILE Of picking out proper ready made
choO hc tuOy NV VI oCiCCeihS . Poih va
spectacles suitable to the requirements
Of the eyes without calling in the aid of
an oculist. For example. the shoe
should be two sizes longer than the
foot. A mother buying pair Of shoes
for her child will have the child's foot
incased in one of proper length. and
then. feeling around the toe, will say:
o, this shoe is entirely too longr OF
goes the shoe. and the little ones ten
der feet are pressed into pair no long
er than the foot. The feet of child
grow rapidly, and any excessive press
ure, even if the nerves do not complain.
acts injuriously. Then the ready made
shoe, beng built on general measure.
can not be adapted to the requirements
OF each individual foot, except at the
expense of the foot. There is great dif-
ference in the size OF the same person 8
feet. one or the other being longer,
broader, with higher instep, larger heel,
etc."
In the course of further remarks the
dealer said: Nothing SO soon spoils
the arch OF the foot and beats down the
instep. making the foot fiat, as button
ed CATERS. You observe that the flesh
around the instep Is unusually tender
and has but little support The bones
of the foot are not calculated to stand
q continuous pressure such as buttoned
CATERS give on top. and the effect Of
wearing them is to cause the flesh to
spread out and flatten, and the bones
to yield, until finally well-shaped,
handsome foot is made ugly. A gaiter
that laces up the front is very bad for
the feet, but not SO Objectionable as the
buttoned. A shoe that laces up the
side is far better, and, as ladies will not
generally wear boots, is the best shoe
to preserve the health and beauty of
the foot.
"Boots are the only kind of foot-cov-
ering that answer all requirements OF
health, comfort, and good looks. A
boot we'll made braces up the foot and
ankle, and rests the extremity instead
Of fatiguing it. Such evils as pointed
toes and narrow soles should never be
thought Of. much less worn"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-17
UuregouClIcd,

Calm WAS the night In that still autume
Ana calmer st and colder were the twain
Who, parting then, might yet have kept TO-
II pride had not been stronger even than
PAIN.
There were no bitter tears, no sghs OF sorrow,
No sad reproachcs uttered nt the end; -
And, should they meet years hence OF ON 'ne
twill he with courteous case. As friend
meets friend.
Oh mocklng words for those who once loved
mndly,
IIcncc'orth to be mere friends not less, not
more;
Deep in each heart IA death. .knell sounding
sadly,
For love, deemed dcathlcss, in glad days OF
yorc.
Not more than friends; the voices must not
Lest broken tones betray u vain regret;
And on the lips the forced smile must not
To show how, meath that mask, grer's lines
are set.
Let them take heed, lest any word be spoken
To rouse some ghost from out the buried
Though the dear ties that bound them once
a strnnee spell ingcrsyet and holds them
fast.
Not less than friends; but, ah the friendship
offered
Seems OF such little worth. now love is done;
TITS hard TO take the hand thus coldly prof
fered
And feel the tender, thrilling touch has
gone.
Gone with the day, when just one word was
needed
These heavy clouds of pride and doubt to
lift;
but all in vain loves dying voice has pleaded;
Now far apart each lonely life must drift.
Aud she will never know, at their next meet.
ing.
How hard he fought an outward calm to
gain;
Nor VIII he SEQ beneath the friendly greeting,
How her true heart still yearns to him
through pain.
-BeluraviA
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-17

There are. some very odd things to
interest the traveller in Porto Rico. The
"switchmen" on the railroad are color
ed women, the telegraph operator at
one OF the stations is convict with a
ball and chain on his leg. and the gar.
deners at the Captain Generals coun-
try palace are Cinnamon with pigtails.
The oldest tree On earth, so far as
any one knows, is said to be the "Bo"
tree in the sacred city of Amarapoora,
Burmah. 1t was planted in 2SS B. c.,
and is accordingly 2,l71 years old. Its
great age is, according to Sir James
Emerson Tennett, proved by historic
documents. 1t is regarded as sacred.
There are 1915 trotting horses with
records of 2:3D or better, and $50
PAGERS whose records are within 2:30.
In color the bays predominate. in both
PAGER and trotter, chestnuts taking
second place, while with the PAGERS
the grays and off colors are more nu-
merous in proportion to the number of
horses.
Lumber pools are being formed to
buy and hold timber lands until want.
ed. One pool has recently bought
5000, 900, 600 feet, and refused to sell
any. This sort Of control is steadily
| growing, and will, in time, extend it.
self over enough timber territory to
make too rapid denudation Of forest
timber impossible.
The american Machinist gives the
number of locomotives belonging to
| American railroads at 80, 227. Reckon
ing the life of locomotive twenty five
years, there should be l,169 of them
constructed in order to maintain the
stock. A car wheel lasts about eight
years; we are using l0,O00,000 of them
and produce 1880, 900 yearly.
There is said to be no living thing
that will compare with the common
flea in strength and agility. A flea,
one-sixteenth of an inch in length. can
jump distance of twenty inches. This
Is 320 times its length. If we should
require six-foot man to Jump 32O
times his length he would be obliged to
land 1920 feet from where he left the
ground.
A Methodist elder at Fort Worth,
Tex, recently whipped bully, and
the Methodist OF that town thus appre-
| ciatively describes the incident: 1.-The
elder took him one square blow be.
tween the lockers without stopping his
pace, and it took twelve rowdies, three
dippers of water and two quarts of
whisky to revive the patient and get
him oil the grounds.
Apostle Teardel, in an address to the
| Mormons at Nephi, U. T., counseled
the children as follows: II want to
caution the children. There's men
around asking the children how many
wives their fathers have. II they ask
you. tell them you don't know. I'd
rather you'd tell lie to defend your
friends and parents than tell the truth
that will bring trouble upon them"
A Maine Judge recently gave pris-
oner light sentence, saying he was
entitled to some consideration for not
taking the stand and adding perjury to
his other crime.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-17
Mark Twain's FavOrite style of Re.
CeptiOn.

Mark Twain. 1t seems. Is vory con.
genial, moderate fellow. and likes
convivial time with friends. A few
years ago. when he was here. a con,
mittee OF newspaper men waited upo
him and rendered some sort of epte,
tai ment in his behalf.
well" said he, with his customar,
colloquial limp, "l've had a good deal
OF this sort Of marble palace and gilded
chandelier business and don't want
any more but II could get together
with the boys in . quiet. cozy place,
where fellow might smoke a cob pine
and put his feet on tho table II ha
wanted to, then ! don't know but what
I'd enjoy it."
The place was procured ami the bu.
norist sat with the pipe and tobacco
Desiae MIN and his hat on his head and
related yarns the whole night throuoh
to the ediiieation Of score Of fellow
aoribblsrs.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-17
BRIc-A-BRAC AND NOVELTIES,

The demand for bric-a-brac and nov
elites in household decoration appar-
emily does not abate, and there is such
pressure for novelties that designers
In all parts of the world. from Boston
to Yokohama, are kept busy pushing
their inventiveness to the last degree to
manufacturer who caters to this taste
in any way keeps a designer, whose
ears are burdened with the demand for
something new. An old shoe or an old
hat gives an idea for q bon-bon case.
Every animal in the mensgerie Is en-
ployed by various artisans. Botany as
well Is zoology is ransacked for de-
signs. and all the combinations appar-
emily possible are made. Nevertheless,
there seems to be no limit to the fertili-
ty Of the designers. In referring to
this subject, a bric-a-brac dealer, with
an idle quarter Of an hour on his hands,
conducted q reporter through his collec-
ton. and as he went along his counters
he said:
There is lamp that has the form
OF white owl, from whose head rises
the stem of an immense rose with close
ly folded leaves, which entirely conceal
the globe. There Is a stork in flight,
with its wings spread out aud its legs
extended. It is ornamented, and is to
be suspended from the chandelier by
invisible threads. There is CANDLE
stick. with gold grape leaf for its
base, and with light receiver Of crys-
tai painted in gold. There is work
basket In the form Of skif, and anoth-
er with . mOss-covered top full OF arti-
ficial plants Is in the shape of . flower
pot. There Is big elephant of porce-
lain, with an opening in its back for be-
gonias. and there is porcelain vase
representing tree trunk overgrown
with climbing plants. There Is q mir.
ror to be bordcred with cut flowers, and
TO represent Q miniature lake in the
ceater OF dinner table. That crystal
ball. mounted upon q spiral pedestal, 10
for center-table ornament to catch
and reflect the light. That glass screen
has, you observe, pond lilies painted
upon 1t, so that they seem to be float
Ing In water. The curiously twisted
horns In that smoking-set come from
Eagle Pass, Texas. and are lambs
horns. The other horns are from the
heads Of buffalo. They are mounted in
Paris and sent back here. That dagger
s paper-cutter, and its sheath forms
. thermometer. That cat 10 an ink.
stand. The head In Aaring bonnet h
the same; lift the face and there Is the
ink-welL Thst gold-umbered ship with
silver sails and cargo incased in Aus
trisn glass Is q liquor-set Here 10 q
baby carriage that represents q slipper
lined with plush, and here Is another
shaped like canoe. Tuat tree OF gold
with . nest for eggs Is for next Easter.
This paper weight contains o Geneva
timePiece, and this one has clock on
one side, Q barometer on the other, q
thermometer between. and a geograph-
ical globe above. That stork, raising
itself within lotus thicket to seize 9
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-17
stock, and they are always healthy.
REy1yINa rLAx.0RoWINo.


The conference Just held at Belfast
on the subject OF Irish Hax-growing
reveals a rather remarkable state Of
things. Ireland takes the lead In the
linen industry Of the world, II has q
soil and climate unrivaled for hax-
growing, and yet 1t Is continually
drawing more and more largely on for
eign countries for its supplies. Flax
growing indeed seems to be gradually
dying out in Ireland, and already, as Il
was stated at the conference. two
thirds Of the supplies required for Irish
spindles and looms have to DO imported
from abroad. 1t was stated some little
time ago that the English were paying
every year to foreign countries some-
thing like ten millions Of money for
linsced and flax, all Of which came
from countries hardly so well adapted
to such crops rs are many parts Of the
British Isles. more particularly Of Ire
land. With soil and climate suitable
and manufactures on the spot, 1t Is GER
tainly surprising that 1t should be found
cheaper to import flax from Belgium,
Holland, and especially Russia, from
which the bulk of Irish supplies are
derived, than to grow 1t at home. A
committee has been appointed TO ex-
anime into the subject, and it will be
interesting TO learn the secret Of this
phenomenon. Apart from this at
present unexplained decadence. fax
might have been supposed to be not al
together unworthy the attention Of En-
glish farmers. 1t is sown late, and
might therefore often take the place
of sowings which from any cause
get bad start In the early
spring. and it is harvested before
the cereals are ripe. and would
often be serviceable to impecunious
farmers US means Of meeting the
heavy expenses Of harvesting. The
one serious objection to this Is the
difficulty of dealing satisfactorily with
the straw from which OF course the
fiber is derived. This requires a "ret-
terry" and the possession Of some
technical knowledge. The only rea-
son hinted at for the heavy purchases
of flax from abroad was that Irish
growers do not give the care and at
tention bestowed by their competitors
abroad, and that, with all their ad-
vantages, their supplies were inferior.
The growers themselves do not admit
this. but it Is difficult to imagine a
more likely reason for their falling out
of the race SO rapidly as they appear
to be doing.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-17
Financial Item.

Young Snobberly is a Fifth avenue
(New York; dude, who has moro
money than brains. The Snobberlys
are neighbors of Jay Gould, and the
families 1re quite intimate. Gould
having thrown out a hint that he
would give his young friend some
Gould few hundred thousand dollars
worth of certain stock, which paper
Gould assured his young friend was
perfectly good.
A few days afterwards Snobberly
rushed into Gould's Office. pale as .
piece of Swiss cheese, and dropped in
to a chair.
MIR. Gould. you have treated me
outrageously. ! thought you were .
friend OF the family"
$50 l am, Snobberly. Why, what
can the matter bep"
That stock you sold me at ninety
five is only worth twenty cents. You
told me the stock was good"
"Oh, no. snobberly, ! did nothing Of
the kind"
81 asked you il the paper was good.
and you said it was"
That's different thing. The paper
on which those certificates are written
Is as good paper as ever saw. II is
fine linen paper. say still the paper
is good. II you had asked mo about
the signatures on the paper I could
have told you at once that they were
no good. but that's not what you asked
me- All you wanted to know was II
the paper was good; and ! still say
that 1t Is. 1t is only what is written
and printed on the paper that Is value
less. What, going already! Good
morning. Snobberly.
1T is astonishing, Mr.. Sage" said
Gould, turning to an old gentleman at
an adjoining desk. chow many men
there are who take everything for
granted. Joaquin Miller deceive ed him
self in the same "-1szas Siftings.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-17


II, says La Nature. one should write
upon sheet Of white paper with chic
ride Of platinum no mark would be Wis
ible, as the liquid Is quite colorless.
But hold the same sheet Of paper over
the vapor OF mercury, and tho metal it
received In the former operation will be
brought out in dark tints. Several sur
prising effects may be produced by util-
izing that fact II the experiment be
reversed, not less marvellous results
may be obtained. First expose draw
ing or writing to the gases OF mercury
to charge tho lines with mercury. Then
bring the drawing or writing In contact
with a paper previously sensitized with
. solution OF platinum, and the draw
ing or writing will be reproduced upon
1t line for line.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-17

Scat-whack!

There was sudden howl. as II a
fog-horn had been seized with night
mare, and q something that bore u de-
cided resemblance to cats tail dsap-
reared over the back fence of St
Paul street residence like a streak OF
yellow lightning.
ii don't like to see a cat lying in the
sun in February" said the old gentle
man, as he slammed down the window
and resumed his chair by the fire.
place.
"Why?" asked an incrcdulous visi-
tor.
at forebodcs stormy March," was
the response. "Why. that's proverb
I've heard since was child, and I've
never known 1t to fail. But here in the
city, and particularly here in st. Paul
street, they laugh at fellow when he
hauls out his country saws. That
shows their ignorance, for goodness
knows farmer knows more about the
weather in a week than they do in the
city for a month There's another
true saying that when the north wind
does not blow in February it will have
its revenge in March. And for every
thunder with rain in this month there
will be cold spell in May. The old
proverb SAYS that when the snow lies
in the bitches it is waiting for more,
and when it falls in the mud it remains
all winter. Look out for rain when
the flakes grow larger as they fall. OF
course you remember the time-honored
remark about the white Christmas and
m. Iean prav,vord Won neonIe pover
so 'o
pay any attention TO those signs, put
the farmers the truckers, the miikmen
people whom you orush past every
day on the streets or IN the markets-
peneVe IN tnem because their tatners
taught them 10 90 so!
VI suppose every month mas lts own
signs9 asked the ihcreduious VISITOR
as ne gaHeu lncreduiousiy over the
man.el. =.
Every one OF tnen' was the reply.
anu lew Oh the most anclent ana
ieast khoWh VIII recite lor your oene-
IT. II is saiu that II grass grows IN
January IL VIII grow paaiy during the
rest Oh tne year. ne orlsihal sa" lor
March says that II tne iiiohth comes III
Win an auuer heau IL goes OUT Win
peacock tan. IL was peleVeu' too'
that 'pushel OF March dust was
worth KING ransom. .hough 'h,s
was ra'ner Poetlcal aoaptaiion. vi
Aprii u Is saiu tnat coid, moist
Aprli mis- the cellar ana iattens the
COW. ary May Drings nothing.
a STariH hay9 vi peeS Il" May Is worm 'oad Oh
A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver
p,,. spoon; -, ,oos 4, 1,,, :, no, ou,,
fs' VI '' '' '''' 10 N'' "'t'"
"a pretty rhyme, is it notpn he in
terrupted with laugh. "A dripping
June sets all things in tune. When it
rains in August it rains honey and
wine. If the first day of September be
fair the month will be good one. A
warm October brings cold February.
Ice in November forebodes plenty of
sleet and bad weather during the win