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RAILROADS.
I7IRGINIa MIDLAND hallway

THE GREAT THOROUGHFARE
BETWEEN THE
NORTH AND THE SOUTH.
THE ONLY LINE OFFERING A DOUBLE
DAILY PULLMAN BUFFET AND
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE,
Between Washington and New Orleans. This
line offers to the travelling public accommoda-
tions and facilities such as cannot be found on
any other line entering Washington.
This is the quickest line between New York
and New Orleans only As hours.
On and after SUNDAY, JAN II, 1886, pas.
senger trains will be run as follows:
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SOUTH BOUND.

Train No. Train No.
so, 81,
DAILY. DAILY.
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STEAMERS

STEAMERS.
D'A'' LINZ AND ID N'A''''A -. go
FORTRESS MONROE
THE POTOMAC STEAMBOAT COMPANY'S
First-class steamer
q T. q i q l. L Z A r !
will leave Prince st. Wharf EVERY MONDAY,
WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, at 6 p. m,
Connecting at Norfolk with
BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE" STEAMERS
and Steamer ARIEL FOR RICHMOND.
For further particulars enquire at Company
Office 18th Street Wharf, Washington, D. c., or to
PHILIP 3. HOOE,
mayItf Agt. Prince Street Wharf
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DRUGS. CHEMICALS, &c.

n r." 8. LEADBEATER 4 BRO,
Ii. Nba, s and 7 S. Fairfss ST..
Established 1882,
DEALERS III
PURE DRUGS and MEp1GlNEs, CHEMICALS,
PAINTS, OILS PROPRIETARY MEDI.
CtNEs, GARDEN SEEDS, SPICES,
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS,
FINE TOILET GOODS, &c.
Proprietors of Anodype Pectoral, Lubricating
Liniment, Essence Jamaica Ginger and Cough
Syrup snd Agents fol Ayers Medicines, Ready
mixed and Tinted Gloss Paints, &c.
E7ery effort will be made to maintain tho high
reputation Of our old establishment. my
A. WAKEFIELD,
n. Successor to Jsnney 4 Col
DEALER IN
DRUGS PAINTS, OILS, GARDEN SEED.
WINDOW GLASS, SPICES.
Acids, Dye Stnfs and Druggists Sundries.
Orders sud Inquiries from the country promptly
NEW BUILDING,
.ep1 No. 152 King street
GAMUEL 81. LUNT,
DRUGGIST,
CORNER KING AND FAIRFAX STREETS,
Dealer in
DRUGS, CHEMICALS,
FANCY and TOILET ARTICLES,
PERFUMERY, BRUSHES, &c, &C.
Physicians prescriptions carefully prepared at
ali hours, day and night ap4
w F. CREIGHTON & CO.,
Wholesale and Retsil Dealer in
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, PAINTS, PATENT
MEDICINES, OILS DYE STUFFs.
GARDEN SEEDS, &C.. SC.
Corner King and Royal streets,
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.
Physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded
Orders will receive prompt attention.
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A CHOICE ARTICLE-HONEY-DR SUGAR
Il CORN, canned for sale by
feb1 ]. C, MILBURN.
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FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS.
ALEXA. iron and BRASS WORKS
c.. FL. Collins,

PROPRIETOR.
CORNER OF ROYAL. AND WILKES STREETS
Alexandria. Virginia
Makes Steam Engines, Gold Quartz Crushers, Bill
Gearing, both heavy and light, Hosting Ma
chimes, Sumac Mills, Shears for cutting bar and
railroad iron, Iron and Brass Castings, Ornamental
Railing, Wrought and Cast, Water Pipe from 1S
inches down to inches, House Fronts Window
Heads and Stills, Columns, Girders, WindingStair.
ways, Porticoes, Steps and Hand Rails
REPAIRING dono with dispatch. Prices low
as the lowest.
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NEW TURKEY PRUNEs, just received and
tsr-Yery cheap at
.@nova4 McBURNEY & SONS
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-08-13
it makes folks shiver to look ut it. !"

it makes folks shiver to look at it,
singular that none of the papers
have ever mentioned it."
"They haven't2 Why, them falls has
been there for thousands OF years"
'Wasn t it a freshet or dam broke
loose, or something OF that sort9"
"No, Stree. That water keeps pour
ing and roaring and humming ell the
time
"Must have been some trick about
it, carelessly observed the cynic. "If
it was a real thing thered be some ex.
citement about 1T. You don't drink?'
"Nle drink? I've never drank a drop
in my life''
well, it's too bad. Any one will
swindle an old man like you ought to
be horsewhipped."
"Swindled? DO you purtend there
hain't no Niagry Falls?"
"Never heard OF any such thing
replied the man as he got up and left.
"Say, Hammer, replied the old man,
as he turned to his wife after while,
"did you hear that?"
EVERY word"
"Say, when we git home we'll keep
mum until | see Stebbins, and feel
around and see if there is Niagry
Falls. Ii we've bin fooled we don t
want to be LATED at; if it's all right we
kin do our blowing when it's safe and
will count. Don't say Goat Island
nor Hors's shoe Falls nor Bridal vail
to no livin' soul until we find out
whether that ginger ale flew to our
heads, or the show was all right and
wuth the money!"
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Columbia to the Front.

Henry Sampson, proprietor and edi.
tor-in-chief OF the London Referee, the
recognized authority in England on
all sporting matters, arrived at San
Francisco by the last steamer from
Australia. In answer to Chronicle
reporters question, "What is your
opinion OF Beach's victory over Han
Ian in Australia" he said:
81 dont't think Hanlan was we'll at
the time. He was not at all fitted for
his two races in Australia. In the first
race he was overconfdent, and not
properly trained, and in the second
he lost heart
"Have you any puelists in England
now who give promise of ever being
able to cope with our John?''
with John l.. Sullivan, you mean2"
replied Mr.. Sampson, with a forlorn
smile. "No; Charlie Mitchell was the
best man we ever had, and you are AL
ready aware how hecompares with the
famous American gladiator. Our latest
production is James Smith. He is a
fairly good man, but he would stand
no chance whatever. Mitchell can
whip him with ease. think"
"How did your people take the de-
feat OF the yacht Genesta by the Puri-
tan?'
Very nicely, indeed, I think" was
the response. "We were beaten and
We're perfectly satisfied that II
should be so. The cause, in the opii1-
ion OF most OF our yachtsmen. does
not lie particularly with the vessels
and the difference in construction, but
with the difference OF the systems Of
measurement. The American system
OF measurement, with your broad
beam boats and centreboards, places
English built vessels with keels and
narrow beams at q disadvantage.
According to the American system,
the Puritan and Genesta measured es-
actly the same, while in English wa
ters, the Puritan would have been
classified as the larger of the two.
Aside from this fact, we have no ex-
cuse to offer, and are willing to ac-
knowledge ourselves bested. Intact,
we have almost given up the attempt
to beat you Americans as bad job"
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A Delicate Hartford Romance.

From the York Times.
Sixteen years ago, in quiet little
English town, not far from London,
little Johnny Hillard, aged eight, took
fancy to little Mary Ann Boyle, aged
six. Whenever there was q children's
party in the neighborhood Mary Ann
was Obliged to pay large forfeits in
kisses to Johnny, who, in return gave
her large share OF his cakes and can
dies. Mary Ann played with no 9th.
erb boy when Johnny was around. The
old women said that Johnny and
Mary Ann would make fine couple, il
they lived togrowup. Johnny thought
SO, too, and mentioned the matter to
Mary Ann, and she said she thought
so, too. Then ,Iohnny's parents emf
grated to America, and took him with
them. For a number OF days Mary
Ann cried for her little boy lover,
Johnny But she did not cease to re-
member him even after she had
stopped crying for him.
Johnny's parents settled in Hart
iord, ct. Here hegrew up into strong,
nearly, flne.looklns young man. He
went into business and did well and
finally found himself in position to
support a wife. Every now and then
John liillard had been thinking OF the
pretty child sweetheart whom he had
lett years ago in England About a
year ago, although John had heard
nothing of Mary Ann tor nearly
10 years, he decided to
write to her. She answered him.
Ihey kept up regular correspon-
dence and finally exchanged pictures.
Soon afterward John invited Mary
Ann to come over to America and
marry him. She answered that she
didn't care if she did, aHd, straight
way packing up her goods, she emil
grated to America.
Early yesterday morning Clerk Van
Deusen OF Castle Garden saw a very
pretty, browneyed girl among the
passengers who had landed from the
steamship Wisconsin. She gave her
name as Mary Ann Boyle. Mr.. Van
Deusen remembered that he had re.
cieved q dispatch from Jonn Hillard
OF Hartford asking him to hold the
person OF Mary Ann Boyle until his
| arrival
| ouoo oiiell atlotileF ulSpdUCn was re-
ceived. This one directed that Mary
Ann Boyle should be Immediately
shipped to Hartford Mr.. Van Deusen
asked the girl whom she expected to
go to.
..'';!o5 John Hillard, of Hartford" she
"Is he relative OF yours?"
"Not yet, !" replied the girl, blushing
and casting down her eyes, "but he
will be soon"
Then the clerk asked her to tell him
about it and she unfolded her little
story and Clerk Van Deusen swore
that John Hillard of Hartford was q
lucky man. Yesterday afternoon Mr..
Van Deusen telegraphed to John
that his bride-elect had taken the
O'Clock train for Hartford.
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Americas Catholic Orator,

Baltimore Letter to Pittsburg Dispatch.
Archbishop Ryan, Of Philadelphia,
who is universally conceded to be the
most eloquent speaker in the Ameri-
can Catholic church, is known as "the
golden tongued orator." and the
"Bossuet Of the Missouri. He is fully
six feet, six inches in height. stout in
proportion, has large head, covered
with very red, coarse hair, and q
broad, rosy face, whose every Inca
ment is that OF a son of the Emerald
Isle. Any one who has heard Arch
bishop Ryan speak will understand
why he is called "the golden tongued
orator" AS he enters the pulpit
his commanding figure centers at
tention at once. He reads the text in
q voice low, sweet and mellow. Then
he folds his arms and looks earnestly
at the congregation for fully half a
minute. The exordium of his sermon
is delivered in n calm conversational
tone, and if a listener departed at this
luncture he would wonder how the
Archbishop got u reputation for elo.
quence. Just wait, however, until the
prelate passes into the argument and
the appeal to tho feelings and the pe-
roration. and you will hear such elo.
quence as seldom proceeds from the
pulpit. The voice is somewhat wond-
ertul. 1t is perfect in intonation all the
way up from the mellow telling of the
text to the passionate ring of the pc.
roration. Forgetting all about the sub
stance OF his ssermons-and that is the
point on which hangs his "Bossuet"
reputation-any one who loves sweet
sounds would gladly spend an occa-
sional hour merely listening to his
voice. This may sound like the Ian
guage OF exaggeration, but all Phi!a-
delphians and St. Loulslans will testi-
Fy to its accuracy. The Archbishop
gained great reputation for elo.
quence even while he was studying at
the seminary. On several occasions
Archbishop kenrick called him to the
pulpit in St. Louis Cathedral while
young Ryan was only in deacon's or
ders--a very unusual honor, indeed.
After ordination the reputation of the
young priest spread, and he was soon
made coadjutor. He has bean for
,, twenty years the regular orator at all
great church events.
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Lions and Tigers Surprised !.

Philadelphia Times.-The cat AM.
mails in the carnivora house ut the
ZOO" took their first outing recent
ly. Superintendent Brown had told
Keeper Shannon that if the day was
pleasant he might give the brutes
little fresh air and exercise i'll their
roomy outside cages When the sun
came out warm and bright in the
morning-keeper Shannon opened the
gate leading from the first inside cage
to the outer one, and the jaguar, who
is sedate old fellow who has been
there many seasons, walked out and
gave himself a sun bath. George and
Minnie, the loving couple OF lions,
were next let out. When the door was
raised they mace a rush for the en-
closure aud then made a combined as
sault on the iron bars OF the outside
cage. They shook them with their
paws until the entire row of cages
trembled to their foundations. and
then, when they found that they could
not break out to absolute liberty,
they showed their appreciation of their
extended liberty by leaping over each
others backs and going through the
funny antics of a pair OF kittens
The two leopards, who were given
the liberty OF their outside cage, were
more sedate and went about quietly
munching grass like yoke of old oxen.
The fun came when Tiger Jim I'd was
offered the liberty of his outside yard
for the first time. When the gate was
raised he was a little suspicious and
examined the back part OF his cage
closely. When he discovered that the
gate was open he seemed to suspect
that some trap had been laid for him
and instead OF going out went to
the front of his cage and crouched
down as though waiting further devel-
opments. Nothing happening, hemade
another investigation, and closely ex-
amined every bar OF the tunnel leading
to the outside cage. Then he walked
into the yard, feeling his way at every
step. In the meantime the big numa,
or mountainlio lion. had been turned out
in the second cage above, and sat there
watching jim I'd in his tour OF investi-
CATION. Finally their eyes met, and
JIM, with q roar that startled the
guards in Fairmount Park, made a
spring and struck the intervening bars
with ali four feet.
The numa struck an attitude of de-
Tense and yelled back to Jim as def
antly as though he knew they could
not reach each other Then Jim
caught sight of George and Minnie and
the three roared at each other until
the surrounding woods and hills re-
sounded. After time they all settled
| down to the quiet enjoyment of the
bright sunshine that they had not
basked in for six months, and had a
thoroughly enjoyable day OF it.
The animals out yesterday occupied
alternate cages, SO that they could not
fight with each other between the ars,
and to-day the other half OF the cat
animals will be given run in the out.
side cages.
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The Servant Girl Problem.

Ii we learn that girl has sgiven
warning to her employer OF her inten-
ton to leave, there is no dishonor in
trying to secure her. But to edo as
we would be done by" to avoid the
least appearance OF evil, it is but just
and wise to go first to her present
mistress, and state our wishes, and
make all necessary inquiries.
By seeking the girl privately we not
only degrade ourselves by dishon-
orable deed, but have the additional
sin placed to our account OF tempting
another to- do wrong. Ii she can be.
once tempted to do wrong she proba-
bly, can be again, and from a useful,
reliable servant you have made her
one upon whom you can place no de-
pendence.
"The laborer is truly worthy Of his
hire, and none should object to his
receiving the full value Of his services;
but we claim tht.t there should be no
meddling, no mean, ,underhanded efforts
to buy servants, or steal them from
their employers by the private offer Of
larger wages. By advertising which
is open to all-one can eventually se-
cure good help, but a more open way
is to go to the employer, if sure that
the servant is going to leave or the
mistress is willing she should, and af-.
ter learning what is thought to be the
true character OF the employe You
wish to secure, state your terms and
ask permission to see the giYl. We
claim that tho good old rule should be
as scrupulously recognized in dealing
with a neighbor's servant as in every
thing else-nameiy: "Do unto Others
as you would that others should do
unto you."
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He Would See Stebbins.
From the Detroit Free Press.


There was an old couple at the Third
street depot the other day who had
been to Niagara Falls, and were wait
ing for a train to their home IN the in
terror of the state. They just felt that
they had accomplished a big thing.
and were consequently quite elated
They had scarcely taken seats in the
waiting room before the old man
turned to stranger and said:
"We've just got back frum Niagry
Falls. Powerful sight, them falls are.
Hain't nnthin like them falls IN this
hull country
"Never heard OF 'em, "grufiiy replied
the man.
"You didn't Lor' bless me, but
that's astonishing! Never heard of Nj
agry Falls"
Never. What is it anyhow"
"Why, it's the biggest lot OF water
you ever saw, falling over the awful
lest precipice you ever heard of. Why.
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THE OLD BARN.

The light flashed in past each shrunkeu
board,
~, ANA hiazed in the fragrant hay.
Where the wifely hens their eggs had stored
In bowls OF the new made hay!
And there went the iris-spattered dove
~ Un IN the CROSS beams to and fro,
Telling the sweetness oi her love
10 her mate, as white as snow.
There through the open, knot-holo door
swift swallows hustled past
TO their bracket-nests the rafters bore.
Glued to their sides so fast!
Lg!led to sleep meath the "dishing" roof,
by the drone song OF the fly,
While the horse marked time" with hi,
falling hoof
Stamping the floor hard by,
1t was Joy to be in the quiet place
In the sunshine and the rain,
And we would feel it quite grace
10 be put there once againl
The Current.
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When Mrs. Warner was found dead
in her bed from an overdo ose of choral
every one who knew her mourned.
"Rich people like her are rare, said
the poor-and her friends remembered
how pleasant her house had been.
a year later Dick Headley married
Nellie. They are happy enough, but
they have no children. The Morning
Journal, bequeathed to him, nourishes
and prospers, but Dick worked at it
us hard as ever. And every Sunday
morning, early and alone, he walks
out to a tomb at Lone Mountain,
opens the door, and lays on the stone
within a red rose and copy of the
Sunday Morning journal. 1t is a
great edition now-the Sunday Journ-
al. But there is room in the tomb
for many more of the closely folded
papers. No one can see them through
the door, and they lie there-unopened
bought by the dead.
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| money LOT ME, want TO back out OF
my bargain"
"You are the most atrocious tilt in
! the world, madam; but I'm not at all
the sort OF man to beiilted. Sup
pose we go down to the supper room
now"
"No, Dick. l don't want any sup
per. have been headachy all day,
and am going to slip off quietly and
go to bed. There is Nine. Luque now;
ask her to come up stairs to me for q
moment. Goodnight, Dict dear-let
me kiss you. Ihave never kissed you,
and tomorrow will be your birthday.
There, goodnight, Dick, dear Dick ,
And Mrs. Warner went up the broad
steps to her bedroom, when Nine. Lu-
| que came bustling up to her, with ex-
pressions OF alarm and offers OF care.
Mrs. Warner laughed at her.
Its nothing but fatigue, Marie, and
| yet | don't feel as if could sleep
Let me have your chloral, will you?
Send it to me, and you must go, dear,
and do the honors. know the dose,
and a nights sleep is just what l
need"
Nine. Luque went down stairs; the
maid came with the bottle OF chloral
and Mrs. Warner sat down by the fire
while her hair was brushed.
"Please, ma am, will you have Ed
monds telephone for the doctor?
Yonre not we'll, ma am"
"Quite well, Jane Pm little tired,
that's ALA little tired, and | want
sleep"
"And the chloral to do It'll Isn't it
wonderful, ma'am? A sup out of a
bottle, and you go to sleep. Doctors
are wonderful, ma am"
"ies-they do u great deal for US.
Good night, Jane, you need not wake
me in the morning, but let the doctor
come to my room when he calls"
"Ies ma'am;" and Mrs. Warner
knelt by her bedside: "Our father, who
art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Lead us not into temptation, but de-
liver us from all evil. Forgive us our
trespass es-forglve us our trespasses'
the prayer was not finished and Mrs
Warner lay down on the sofa by the
fire dressed in her wrapper Dick $
picture stood on a little table beside
her. She looked at it thoughtfully.
Then she took picture of Nellie from
the mantelpiece and placed it by Dick s.
They were a handsome couple-as peo-
pie said. Dear Dick. What splendid
fellow he was; true as steel! She kissed
his picture. They were waltzing down
stairs. She could hear the cadence OF
the Nlinola. Then a fire bell sounded
from the next street. Joy and sor,
row-feasts and disaster. She went
to the window and raised the cur.
tain.
The sky was red with fame---a fire
down near the mission. Poor mems
houses destroyed perhaps. All, Dick
was always good to he poor, Joy and
sorrow, feasts and disaster-lisht and
darkness in every life--new wine in old
bottles and old wine in new.
She poured some chloral into the
glass. Sleep was the best OF life-after
all
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-08-09

There is one thing the County
Court ought to do in the way of
bridge building, and that is to span
Little River with a wagon bridge
at the crossing of Mr.. Rorax or Col.
Davis; whichever would accommo-
date the country best. 1t is true,
when anything of this character is
proposed there ere objections raised
that it will cost the people of the
county something. While this is
true, we must make some sacrifices
five desire to keep up with our
sister counties. Blount County
ought to step up in advance of other
counties. If a proper spirit of en-
terprise is manifested, it will add
much to us as a people in all depart
ments of trade. Men have hun
dreds of acres of land that is not
worth anything to them; but with
good facilities for travel there
would spring up demand for this
surplus land, and it will sell for
enough more with good roads than
will pay back all expended for
bridges and macadamized roads.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-08-09
THE RIGHT TO VOTE

Men have a right to vote for
whom they please except defeated
candidates, who have submitted to
convention or to a vote of the
people. 1t is in bad faith that a
defeated candidate says, "The par
ty has defrauded me and / will not
abide by the decision of my party
or its leading men to whom the
matter was submitted"
A man has right to be a candi-
date for an Office, and in announc-
ing himself as such he has the right
to say who shall be his arbitrators
in determining his case; whether
the people at large or party; but
in doing SO he ought to have
enough good solid sense to abide by
the decision of the power he sub
mlts his case to, even if he thinks all
was not entirely square. And it is
better for his friends to talk about
his wrongs than for himself to be
the blowing instrument of his own
defeat.
You ask if it is right to support
bad man if his party has nominated
him. That depends upon circum
stances. If he does not and will
not represent your principles, there
is no obligation to vote for him, al
though he acts with your party. l.
you are a manufacturer and the
man nominated is opposed to the
manufacturers interests, you are
free to reject him at the ballot box
You ask, shall 1 vote for his op
ponent? No sir! not unless hi
would represent your interests
Men are not required to sin agains
their material or spiritual interests
as these stand above party. When
ever a party does wrong the people
who belong to it should rebuke it
as that is the only way to keep i
pure or to reform it when wrong.