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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-20
STEAMERS.

EoR NORFOLK .sg-,
IL AND
FORTRESS MONROE.
THE POTOMAC STEAMBOAT COMPANY's
First-class steamer
GEORGE LEART
will leave Prince ST. wharf EVERY MONDAY,
WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, at p. M Return.
ing, leave Norfolk every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, at 4 p. m
Connecting at Norfolk with
BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE" STEAMERS
and Steamer ARIEL FOB RICHMOND.
Fare to Norfolk, one way, $1.25; round trip 81.
For further particulars enquire at Companys
Office 7th Street Wharf, Washington D. c., or to
PHILIP B. HOOE,
may7.tf Agt. Prince Street Wharf.
| ~ coAsTING COMPANY. .ss.s.s ssEszs
GREATLY REDUCED RATES.
FOR FORTRESS MONROE AND NORFOLK
DIRECT mo sToPs1
The steamer LADY OF THE LAKE will leave
her wharf EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY and
SATURDAY at o'clock p. m. Fare first class,
90; round trip, $500.
FOB NEW YORK.
STEAMERS E. c. KNIGHT AND Se
JOHN GIBSON SSGnN
every THURSDAY, and returning leave New
York, from pier Al, East river, EVERY SAT-
URDAY.
FOR RIVER LANDINGS.
The steamer JOHN W. THOMPSON will leave
EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY
MORNINGS for landings as far down as Leonard
town, returning, leave Lconardtown every Tues
day. Thursday and Saturday mornings
The steamers of this company make connections
at Norfolk for Boston and all points East; at New
York with ell points West and Northwest. and at
AlexEndria with Virginia Midland Railway and
Washington and Ohio Railroad Through rates
given and ght handled carefully and promptly
For further information apply to
F. A. REED g. CO.. Agent
Janpey's wha-f
]. W. THOMPSON, President
1416 T street.
sep27-tf Washington, D. c.
NLYDE's STEAM LINE WEEKLY TO
PHILADELPHIA. $3.50
Appointed sailing days from Alexa' II EV-
ERY TUESDAY and from Phiiadeiph' EVERY
SATURDAY.
This line connects at Alexandria with the Vir-
ginia Midland and Washington and Ohio railroads,
and at Philadelphia with Clyde's regular Steam
ships.
Freight forwarded with promptness and care.
troe of commissions.
No charge for transfer in Philadelphia. Quick
time. Frequent departures. Through rates and
through bills of ladng given. Insurance at the
lowest rates
Agents
F. A. REED & CO., Alexandria.
WIN. 2. CLYDE & CO., Philadelphia.
JOHNSON & CO., Wash. & Georgtn.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-20

FOR RIVER LANDINGS.
The steamer JOHN w. THOMPSON will leave
EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY
MORNINGS for landings as far down as Leonard
town returning, leave Lconardtown every Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday mornings.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-20
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.

COMMlSSlON MEhCnhN Id.
J. c. h111ORS'
GROCER, TEA DEALER
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. II North Royal street, near Market space
Alexandra, Va.
Orders and consignments solicited they will re.
ceive careful and prompt attention. sple
NHARLEs KING SON,
Wholesale Grocers,
81 CAMERON STREET.
ap1 ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.
F'RANK HUME,
GROCER AND LIQUOR DEALER,
No. 454 Pennsylvania ave.,
Washington, D. c.
All goods packed and delivered free of charge.
mh1S-1y
DHILIP B. HooE,
L No. Prince street,
GENERAL SHIPPING
AND COMMISSION MERCHANT.
Grain speciality.
Agent for steamers to Norfolk, connecting with
line to Boston, Providence and the East. dec15
JOHN 1ANNoN'
WHOLESALE
GROCER AND LIQOUR MERCHANT,
Corner Market street and Strand,
Alexandria, Virginia.
AGENCY DUPONTS SPORTING, MINING and
BLASTING POWDER.
full line of celebrated pure old Whistles.
Brandies, Gin, Rum, &C., Massey & Co.'S. Ph;ls.
delphia and Claggett's Baltimore Ales, and Berger
& Engel's Lager Beer, in casks or bottles.
Agent for the POTOMAC RIVER STEAMERS.
Orders promptly attended to and consignm ents
solicited. my1-tf
W. A. SHOOT. G.s FRENCH.
w A SHOOT q CO..
COAL, SALT, PLASTER,
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
OFFIcE-Smoot's Wharf.
ap4 Special attention paid to forwarding.
W A. JOHNSON & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERs,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
And Dealers in
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS,
Have ON hand GIBSON'S Xxx, Xxx, xxx,
and PURE OLD RYE, OLD CABINET and
MONOGRAM WHISTLES; also BAKERS and
THOMPsONs PURE RYE WHISTLES, to which
they invite the attention of the trade.
Orders from the country for merchandise shall
receive nrompt attention
Consignments Of Flour, Grain and Country Pro-
duce solicited for which they guarantee tho high.
est market prices aud prompt returns.
Northeast corner of Cameron and Royal streets
sop14 Alexandria, Va
THOMAS PERRY,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT
FLOUR, FISH. A sa1 Dealer snd in FrRrr11 zpv.
1' l Also Ho Agents aH for fAAiiAi"E"S
WATTS RICHMOND CAST and CHILLED
PLOWS,
teb1s-tf ALEXANDRIA. VA.
HARLOW BRos'
GRoCERs, GENERAL COMMISSION
MERCHANTS AND
WINE AND LIQUORS.
FLOUR GRAIN AND COUNTRY PRODUCE
SOLICITED,
PROMPT RETURNS AND LIBERAL AID.
VANCES ON GOODS IN STORE.
AGENCY OF LAFL1N & BANDS SPORTING,
BLASTING AND MINING POWDER A.
COTTON AND WATERPROOF FUSE.
N. W. cor. Cameron and Royal eta.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-20

The steamer LADY OF THE LAKE will leave
her wharf EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY and
SATURDAY at o'clock p. m. Fare first class,
50: round trip, $500.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
How to Make q Scrap. Book,

Take a "Patent Office Report" or
any decent looking book of no value.
and with a sharp knife, cut out every
other leaf, the whole way through;
this will i've plenty of room between
backs for your scraps. Then make a
thin paste with flour or starch, and
apply with brush to the SCRAPS; as
you paste them in the book use a
clean cloth to rub the wrinkles smooth,
1t is better to have a good supply of
scraps before you begin to paste; then
you Can assert and trim so as to fill
the page nicely. This book Is intended
for cuttings from papers, etc., that are
too good to be wasted, but bright
pictures can be used so as to make it
attractive. Where you make good
selections, a very interesting book will
be the result, which will be favorite
in the family, especially among the
young folks that are on the '1ook out"
for defamation and such things. If
you can draw, the blank pages will be
a good place to display your talent in
that direction.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
Marry a Gentleman,

1t was an excellent advice, I saw
lately given to young ladies urging
them to marry only gentlemen or not
marry at all. The word was used in
it's broadcast truest sense It did not
have reference to those who have fine
raiment and white hands and the
veneering of society polish, merely, to
entitle them to the distinction, but to
those possessed of true, manly and
noble qualities, however hard their
hands and sunbrowned their faces. A
true gentleman is generous and un-
selfish. He regards another's happi-
ness and welfare as well az" his own.
You will see the trait running through
all his actions. A man who is bear
at home among his sisters, and dis
courteous to his mother, IS Just the
man to avoid when you come to the
great question of yes or no. A man
may be ever so rustic in his early sur
rounding, if he is a true gentleman he
will not bring a blush to your cheek
in any society by his absurd behavior.
There is an instructive politeness in
herent in such a character, which
everywhere commands respect and
makes it's owner pass for what he is
one Of natures noblemen. Do not
despair, girls, there are such men still
in the world. You need not all die
old maids.--Woman at Work.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
Plain Truths for Girls Who Flirt.

Whatever idea the young girls who
practice street flirting may entertain
OF their seemingly innocent pastime,
it may be set down as O. certainty
that when a respectable young man
desires the acquaintance of one who
may some day become his wife, he
doesn't go out on the street and seek
for acquaintance through Irritation.
But, on the other hands, the flirt OF
the street, no matter how innocent
and fair her intentions may be, is the
last person he would seek as his LIES
companion. He desires purity, with
out and above suspicion. The
young lady who engages in this
kind of pastime should bear in mind
that she not only endangers her repu-
tation and leaves a. stain upon her
good name, but that her name
is a by word among those with
whom she f1irts, to be banded
about in the saloons, on the
street corners, and in the lowdown
unholy places in the city; fastening on
her otherwise fair name a stigma or
stain that will follow her years after
she sees her folly and attempts to
mend her ways.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
Jefferson's Habit of Making
Weather Observations.

A letter Of Thomas Jefferson. never
before in print, is published by the
Baltimore American. 1t cont aims the
following:
l have been in the habit myself, for
a long time, ofnoting the temperature
of the air alittle before sunrise & again
between 8 & 4 P. NJ, these giving the
maximum Of cold s, heat in a day
where their progress is regular The
points OF time between these are unin-
teresting. | have noted at the same
time the state OF the weather, the
course of the wind, & occasionally the
access & recess OF frost, Towering and
]eafing of plants, ripening Of uncultiva-
ted fruits, arrival OF birds & some in
sects, their Information, etc. The lat
ter articles however have been omitted
the last five years, because my sit'1a-
ton at Washington does not admit of
their observation. I now note only
the temperature, weather and wind
Any observations you may make Or
procure to bemade can always be COM
pared with the contemporary ones
make at Washington and Monticello.
Wishing you a, pleasant tour, salute
you with friendship and respect
tn. JEFFERSON.
Mr.. Thomas Moore.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
Grain Drops.

Farmers should eat more farina-
ceous food, and less meat and potato.
Dat meal and cracked wheat recon-
mend themselves as among the most
nutritive and easily digested OF foods.
We have oat meal or cracked-wheat
mush on our table forbreakfast every
day. We run q pound Or SO OF whole
wheat throught q coffee mill, which
enables us to have purer and better
grain than we can buy of grocers.
After buying canary seed and other
stuff mixed with the wheat at the
store, we resorted to this device, as
an experiment.. It gives nhe best of
satisfaction to ALL Those farmers
who grow wheat would do well to
save out q bushel or two for family
use, cracking little iat time in a
hand mill. It will pay farmers to plant
enough seed for family use,if no more.
Country Home
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
An Aged Beau's Rebuff.

In the Mary Anderson company is
plump, smooth, jolly Miss Tilbury.
She doesn't amount to much as an
actress yet, being a novice, but her
youth and comliness are very compel
ling to the adulators OF stage feminin-
ity. Boquets and notes are sent to
her by the noodles, and one evening a
somewhat years-worn beau, famous
for a quarter ola century as gallant
of the green-room, was struck hard
by her agreeable personality. His
social and business relations with the
management were such that he was
able, just after rehearsal next day, to
be introduced to the girl. She receiv,
ed him respectfully, but not ardently,
and he felt that he was not making a
deep impression. He therefore made
some intensely silly remarks, intended
to convey his admiration.
II seem to have been acquainted
with you for a. long time, somehow"
he said.
'That's natural, SIR" Miss Tilbury
responded. II am wonderfully like
what my mother was fifteen years ago.
You We're very sweet on her, judging
by the letters you wrote, and the in
scri ptions on the back OF your photo
graph that you gave her. WAS over,
hauling a boxful OF her trash just be-
fore sailed from England, and we
had q good laugh over those things"
"And who was your mother?"
Lydia Thompson"
The wooer OF two generations re
tired as soon as he conviently could
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
Archdeac0n Farrar Says there is
no Real Skepticism.

In a recent sermon in Philadelphia
Canon Farrar said he did not believe
that q genuine atheist existed; that
not one man in millions really doubted
the existence of God; but, notwith.
standing this, clergymen were con-
stantly in receipt Of letters from those
who were either fancitully or sincerely
troubled with doubts. Such anxieties
were especially frequent among the
young. AS q general thing there was
no real skepticism, but what was taken
for it was merely theresult of self con-
ceit or self-disgust. When honest, he
said, it should, of course, be the OBJ
ject of a pastors most anxious
and faithful labor; but those
honestly troubled should distin-
guish carefully between essentials
and non-essentials; between things
destined to be shaken and things made
to remain. The miracle wrong ht by
Joshua Or the reality of the garden OF
Eden were not points of saving truth,
but of biblical criticism. Nor did the
opinions of Augustine Or Wesley, or
the dogmas OF the church, he argued,
constitute Christianity, which was to
believe in God, the Father, Son and
Holy Ghost; to depend upon Christ for
life everlasting; to love God with all
the heart and to love ones neighbor as
ones SELF
In dealing with confirmed infdels
the speaker advised that no time be
wasted in scriptural criticism, but
that seven questions be propounded
which no agnostic could answer.
from?" "What is the origin of mo-
tion?" whence proceeded the order
of nature?' "Whence came conscious
ness, free will and conscience?" And
the test questions for the Christian
are: DO you believe in God and love
Him, and do you love your fellow
man for Christ's sake?"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
Russian Early Marriages.
Fiom the Pail Mall Budget.

4O1n Iue ftlll Mall EuCSet.
It is nothing new in Russia to
see a. band of convicts in their
coarse gray uniform, with q large
orange-colored cross covering tho
back, trudge YEARLY along on
their way to Siberia. But these mis-
cradle caravans are formed OF men.
only female convicts being generally
conveyed by rail or steamer Some
eighty -four Of these latter left Odessa
the other day by the steamer Costrome
for the Island of Sakalhin, On the
coast of Eastern Siberia. According
to the Novoe Vremya, thirty-s six Of
the women we're transported for muir
der or attempted murder Of their hus-
bands, twenty-five of the thirty-six
being under the age of twenty. One
bride of sixteen had killed her hus-
band within the first week after mar
riage; another of sweet seventeen lived
with him for six months before she
did the deed; and a third, OF eighteen,
was convicted for killing her husband
during the night by blows with a heavy
hammer. Which facts demonstrate
that, however beneficial early mar
riage may be in other countries, il
Russia, at least, no woman should b.
allowed to marry before she is twenty.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
Starvation Salaries for Clergy
men.

Clerical starvation is little less than
a literal fact in the Protestant Epis-
copal church, according to the asser-
ton OF the Church Press, which argues
that when q man has been duly Or
dained to the cure of souls he is enti-
tied to an adequate support for HIM
self and family from the bishop by
whom he has been set apart, and
from the parish in which he tolls. The
editor tells OF q clergyman who was
induced to relinquisha mercantile po-
sition worth Sd, OOOa year, and during
ten years OF ministerial life has
never received more than $500 a
year, and now he. has wife and four
children; yet he is strongly endorsed
by his bishop and approved by bis
parishes. Another case taken as an
examples that OF a man earnest and
devoted to the work, good reader
and a fair preacher. He has a wife
sand six children. He is promised $500
q year, and furnishes his own house.
/ In point OF fact be received last year
less than $500 salary He has parish
toner's now at summer resorts who
have not contributed one dime to
their ministers support. :.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
Texas ssTOughs.''

A gossiper in the New York Tribune
says: Sergeant Devoe, of the Police
Department., talking the other day
about The Davis case, said to me:
There is a. great deal of talk q bout
New York *ftoughs," but they are lit
orally, nowhere compared to Texas
"toughs." You see we have the
"toughs" under control here. Thev
are constantly depressed. Many a
man in New York is "cheekv'' and
"lippy," who is a coward at heart, be.
cause he knows if he gets into trouble
he has only to yell ''Police!" to get
out OF trouble. But these Texas TEL
lows have no restraint whatever
Why, few years ago I was on g. sail.
ing vessel in the Gulf Of Mexico. when
q couple OF fellows from the East were
playing cards with a Texas man and
cheated him out Of $50. He didn't
say word, but kept right on PLAYING
as II ne saw nothing, until they grew
careless and cheated openly. Then he
rose up, pulled a big. revolver and
shot them both dead ~ I
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
What Hanging Is Like
ron, the Pail Mall Gazette.

~
. The following account Of tho sensa-
lions OF hanging is sent by q CORE
spondent who is amember ola kind Of
Suicide Club, and was actually, he
says, partly hung the other day, IN
the presence Of several friends: a;.::
A good stout rope had been OBJ
tanned. This was securely fastened to
rafters of the barn roof. / pulled at
the rope with my hands to make sure
that it would not break. Then I per-
mitted myself to be blindfolded and
/ admit, was weak enough to turn
pale and tremble. T soon, however,
recovered my presence of mind. Put
ting my head through the moose,
gave hesignal. felt the chair drawn
from under me. There was a great
jerk and I felt a violent pain in my
neck, as though my scarf had all OF a.
sudden become too tight. Now comes
the most curious part Of my expert
ence. After the first feeling Of torture,
which admit was decidedly severe, I
lost consciousness. l seemed to be
transported into a new world, more
beautiful than anything imagined by
the poets. l was swimming, me-
thought, in a. sea- of oil The feeling
was exqusitely delicious. As Iswam
easily and without effort through the
liquid mass l noticed affair off an is
land of the most glorious emerald
green in color. This it was my wish
to reach. swan lazily aud content
eddy on. The sea kept every instant
changing its hue, though it remained
Of the same substance throughout.
At one instant it Was q mass Of gold.
as though the sun were shining brill
iantly on it. The next moment it
was q vivid blood-red; but there was
nothing terrible Or disgusting in this
new color. 1t kept changing, in fact,
to all the hues Of the rainbow, yellow
and red being the predominant tints.
got nearer ana nearer to the isle. As
approached it there sprung out sud
denly from the ground a number of
people strangely TRANSPORTED, whose
faces seemed to be known to me at
last reached the land. A magnificent
chorus of voices, human and those OF
birds, burst forth. | closed my eyes in
ecstasy. | floated calmly on to the
shore, and lay as o. child in its
cradle, slightly weakened from, as I
supposed, the enervating effect Of the
oily matter in which had been SWIM
ming. At last I opened my eyes. The
magic charm was at once dispelled.
The divine harmony ceased. The faces
were still peering at me with an ex-
preston of eager curiosity, but ! per
ceived that they belonged tc members
of our society. The pain in my neck
was great. | was now i'll entire pos
session of my senses. My friends had
fortunately cut me down in time. l
was still weak--too weak to at once
relieve my friends curiosity. When I
was able to speak told them my ex~
periences. Though drew charming
picture Of the bliss which I had felt,
not one of them would consent to try
my experiment. They all considered
my conduct heroic, but absolutely re-
fused to emulate me. They said ]
looked SO CHASTITY.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
The Ideal Cow,

The question is sometimes asked
"Can polled cattle be good milkers?"
It is the sheerest nonsense to suppose
that horns have anything to do with
the milkhow. Horns are neither use-
tul nor ornamental, except from the
force Of habit. They are, on the other
hand, both troublesome and danger
GUS, as the many cases every year of
accidents and even death, resulting
from persons being hooked go to
prove. Here and there may now be
found a dairy composed Of hornless
cattle; we have not been able to learn
that any such are less productive
than others. Were the breeds of poll
ed cattle to be further improved, by
breeding from selected animals only
for considerable time, excellent milk
ing or other qualities might become es-
tablished, and we believe a demand
could be easily worked up for such i'm
proved stock. An improved breed OF
''mooleys" would afford almost the
ideal family COW.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
Education OF Girls.

Louisa NJ. Alcott says Of the educa-
ton ofglrls: lean only hope that with
the new and freer ideas now coming
up some of the good old ways may
also be restored. Respect shown to
the aged, modesty, simple dress, home
keeping, daughters learning from good
mothers their domestic arts, are so
mnch better than the too early fry olty
and freedom so many girls now enjoy.
The little daughter sent me by my dy-
ing sister has given ME a renewed inter
est i'll the education ofgirls and q fresh
anxiety concerning the sort Of society
they are to enter by and by. Health
comes first, and early knowledge Of
truth, obedience, and self-control;
then such necessary lessons as all
must learn, and later such accomplish
ments as taste and talant lead her to
desire-a profession or trade to fall
back upon in time of need, that she
may not be dependent Or too proud
to work for her bread. Experience is
the best teacher, and with good health,
good principles and a good education
any girl can make her own way and be
the graver and better for the exertion
and discipline"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
ttThat Presidential Grub,

When Vicksburg fell, President Lin
coin wrote to General Grant, Il now
wish to make personal acknowledge
ment that you were right, and was
wrong" This frank avowal was
prompted by the fact that the Presi-
dent had doubted the success of
Grants campaign, though he had
wisely kept his opinion to himself un-
til then. But an anecdote, told by
General j. H. Wilson, in the October
Century, brings to light the fact that,
niagnanimous as was the letter, the
capture of Vicksburg brought new
anxiety into Mr.. Lincoln's mind.
Mr.. r. r. Jones, United States Mar
shall for Northern Illinois, and warm
friend of General Grant and of Presi-
dent Lincoln, was present at the sur
render of Vlcksburg. Soon after the
marshals return to Chicago, the Presi-
dent telegraphed him to come to
Washington. On bis arrival, he was
met at the station by the Presidents
carriage, and taken. directly to the
White House. s. .s s :. .
: Mr.. Lincoln, havinggreeted him cor
daily, lied the way into the library,
closed the door and said: Il =.
I have sent for you, Mr.. Jones, to
know il that man Grant wants to be
President" Il IA Js.. ..,.z
b mo. Mr.. President replied Jones.
Are you sure?" 81 \. II #.3:@ n
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