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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-06-25

EXPLOSIVE SAwDUsT-The Belgian gov.
eminent mas made series of successful ex'
periments, proving that sawdust may be
made nio powerful explosive. The pow :.
der is simply sewdust treated with u mix.
ture Of nitric and sulphuric acids, and af'
terward formed under powerful pressure
into cylindrical or prismatic cartridges.
These cartridges are prepared for CONNER.
cial use by covering them with pRrafined
paper, which protects them from moisture.
The instantaneous production Of these gases
arising frou the primer and the explosive,
and the Simultaneous action Of these gases
in every direction, cause the air in contact
With the face surface of the cartridge to act
to some extent rs light tamping, and the
power of the explosion is directed to the
other face. In comparative experiments
upon rail with wood powder and dyna-
mite with cellulose, it was ascerta!ned that
for equal weights charges Of the first sub
stance wero ct least as powerful as those of
the second, and that the results were more
constant, more regular. But it is especially
with reference to transportation with an
army that wood powder possesses remark
able advantages. Il is well known what
precautions are essential in order to protect
dynamite cartridges in pack trains from
projectiles which might strike them and
cause explosion. With cartridges Of wood
powder this danger need not he feared,
since when they are placed against iron
plates, and struck by bullets fired at q dis
tance Of fifty metres, they do not explode.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-06-25

ANOTHER TERRIBLE WARNING.-Mrs.
Anna Warfeld, n young married woman,
living il Chicago, was fatally burned We'd
nesday evening. She was building fire to
prepare supper for her husband, and to has
ter matters poured kerosene on the flames.
The can burst in her hands, setting fire to
her clothing aud the furniture. The poor
woman ran down stairs en- veloped in flames,
aud up the stairs of the house occupying the
front of the lot where she could not open
the door. Then she returned and knocked
at the door of William Koehn on the first
floor of her house. Koehn was afraid to
admit her, but tore off her clothing and cov-
cred her with blanket. Three doctors
were called. They found that the body of
the woman was burned from head to foot,
all her hair had been scorched off and the
cooked flesh came off in strips. She was
also suffering from having inhaled the
flames and recovery is impossible She had
been married but two months.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-06-25

fAMEs F. OARLIN & SONS.
NO. So KING STREET
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY.
Buildors Hardware, Locks, Hinges, Screwsi
DoorBolts Latchee, &c. saddlery, Hardware.
Bride Bits, Buckles, Rings, Hsmcs, &C., &C.
Whoelwrights' Hardware, Axles, Rims Hubs'
spokcs Sawed Fellows, Tire Iron, &C., Pocket
Table, Carving and Butcher Knives, &C.. Guns.
Pistols &c full and complete stock of first.
Class goods away in store and sold st lowest cash
prices. aug15
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-06-25

Alexandria, Va.
Contract advertisers iU not be do1ped exceed their
spcce uess the is paid for at transient rates.
aud under no circumstances Uil they be alloced to
adrertisc other than their legitimate business in the
space contracted for.
All transient advertisements mast be paid for in ad.
rance.
Resolutions memoriam of thanks, tributes Of respect
resolutions adopted By societies persons, unless OF
public concern riU only Je printed IN this paper as
advertisements.
rance.
Persons learng the city hare the Gasete mailed
TO them postpaid, for fifty cents month, and the
address changed as often desired
The Ga=ette Office is connected NTH the Telephone EI-
change advertisements, orders for the paper, neps
on a,y information. business be sent By tele
phone.
Entered at the Posto0fce at Alexandria, Virginia, as
sscund-claSs matter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-06-25
President Cleveland's Income.


President Cleveland, as several of his pre-.
decessors have done before him, keeps an
account with Riggs & Co.. the bankers, and
makes deposit there whenever he draws
his salary. Usually he sends over by Col.
Crook, who is sort of quartermaster at the
White House, an even $1,000, and keeps the
remaining 81 ,166 for current expenses. [
am told that his bank account has shown a
balance as high as $35, 900 at one time, but
he made check the other day for S21, 500
in payment for his new residence in the
country, which, with his wedding expenses,
must have made quite hole in nis pile.
The President is an economical man, and
his expenses have not been anywhere near
as great as those OF Mr.. Arthur. He seldom
enterta;ns people at the White House, and
while his official dinners have been elaborate,
they bave been few in number, and the
lunches given BY Miss Cleveland last win
ter to ladies in official life were inexpensive.
Only four private servants are kept Dy the
President, the remainder of the attendants
at the White House being paid by the Gov.
ernment He has one pair Of horses and q
driver to pay for, but he gets all of his for
age and household supplies from the Quar-
termaster'S Department Of the army at con-
tract prices, which are much lower than
other people havc to pay. Mr.. C!eveland's
wants are few, and he has never had any
extravagaut habits In Buffalo he lived in
q suit Of two rooms in business block, and
took his meals at a hotel. His friends say
he had an income O f from FIVE to seven thou.
sand year, and never spent more than o
third of ii. When he was elected Governor
he was worth from fifty to sixty thousand
dollars, and he has been living at the White
House al rate not to exceed ten or twelve
thousaad, so that he has added considerably
to bis capital. His bride will bring him
about 100000, it is said, and as he is a
prudent, conservative man he will leave the
Presidency woith quarter ola mi lion or
uore.- Wash. cor. Inter. Ocean,.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-06-25

BISHOP OF JERUsALEM.-Afteri FIVE years
of deadlock between Prussia end England
over their respective rights TO the appoint
ment of the Protestant Bishop OF Jerusalem,
Prussia has decided to dissolve the compact
of lS4l, under which the tWo countries
agreed to alternate the appointment, and
to found an independent Prussian bishoprlc
at the Holy city. It is thought that DR..
Reltter, the German missionary, will be the
first appointee under the new order.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-06-25
ORKNEY SPRINGS,
" Shenandoah county, Va.
THE LARGEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE

SUMMER RESORT IN THE MOUNT
AIMS OF VIRGINIA.
This resort has been thoroughly overhauled
painted. repaired and .papered throughout new
closets and tho best sanitary plumbing; new
porches have been erected; newly furnished
throughout, and now hair mattresses have been
placed in all the rooms, with woven wire springs
making this tho best and most complete resort to
be found inthe South. Greatest variety of medic
inal waters at any summer resort in the United
States: beautiful scenery, magnificent roads ;
table urexcelled; hot, cold, shower and plunge
baths; good fishing and game in the immediate
vicinity. First-cass livery. Charges moderate
Telegraph and express office in the building.
This is the nearest watering place to Alexsn-
dria Trains daily. Music will be furnished by
Prof. Williams Brass and String Band, of Al.
baughs Opera House. Pamphlets, containing full
information, cuts of tho four principal hotels
analysis of the water, attractions, terms, testmo
nisls SC may be had free at ]. D. q. LUNT's
drug store. For further information address q.
CABELL MADDUX, Proprietor. B. G. BURKE,
Chief Clerk. DR.. O. W. CHANCELLOR, Resident
Physician myS 3m
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-06-25
CLOTHING
THE FAIREST OF THE FAIR

The spring season Is now upon u.s. and wish
20 call the attention of the public to the following
:acts My stock comprises full assortment OF
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-06-25
ALEXANDRIA VA FRIDAY EVENING" JUNE 25 1885,
Alexaulria Gazette.
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI. WEEKLY BY
EDGAR SNO WIDEN,

at the Gazette Building, Nos. 70 and 72 Prince 81
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-06-25
REGULAR BREAK down!
PRICES NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE

Your direction this will money Goods that sold
regardless of cost and got them ALL We only few
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small profit and quick sale system, follows
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I
ElBRoDER1Es EDaNGs GsandLAo CHEAPER
a THIS IS THE LAST NOTICE PUBLIC
GENERALLY OF Our GREAT RUSH SALE We have full of
such bargains which the
ALL We business In every department you will find
prices way down. Keep cool the weather is at hand and
try pay you give call at the headquarters of
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-11-12

Mrs. Cleveland, though 50 young-she is
probably the youngest woman who has ever
been similarly situated in the White House,
except perhaps the only other one who has
ever been taken thither as the bride of u
President-hus proved herself fully equal to
all the demands made upon her by her high
staten The total absence Of embarrass-
ment or elaton in her manner when she re
ceivcd with her husband at the two evening
receptions they gave last June, and at her
own informal morning receptions subse-
quently. won her universal praise.
When seeing visitors mostly LADIES' in the
mornings she received them standing near
the door of one of the suite of parlors, and
welcomed them with cordial grasp of the
hand and pleasant words, showing great
readiness in opening IA conversation. The
receptions were more like those held III prl-
vate houses than Miss Cleveland's receptions
had been Since her return from her month
in the Adirondacks with her husband Mrs.
Cleveland has been busying herself with
matters pertaining to the arrangement of
the private part of the White House for the
autumn and winter, and has shown great
taste and talent for housekeeping, which sh,
says she really enjoys. She seems disposed
| To avoid all display in dress, especially wher
out-of-doors. On recent trip 10 Mount
| Vernon with relatives and a few friends sh,
wore a close-fitting dress of gray corduroy
which fitted her to perfection, and Shove,
to advantage the graceful outlines of hei
slender figure.
The President seems to shrink from be
ing made conspicuous and therefore rarely
| if ever. walks through the streets Of Wash
ngton by day, because he thinks he woul,
be stared at and perhaps annoyed by GROVE
following or speaking to him. The etiquette
in Washington as to this has long been tina
every one must bow 10 the President wheI
meeting him either IN walking or driving
but that no one must try to stop him or en-
gage him in conversation at such time
without his manifesting an unmistakabl
wish to be 50 approached.-Letter TO Hdr
| LLeL's HIznr-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-11-12

And truly, ! think Nita did not know.
Hand in hand they paced along the path.
Are we going 10 your grandmother's 2
asked Ned Baum. "Will she admit me on
Saturday evening y
Good gracious, no 90 cried Mia, facing
around "What am | thinking about =
Grandmamma would he Mortified at the
sight of you. wouldn't take you there
for anything. 1t is simply dreadful to be at
grandmammas on Saturday evening, if you
want to talk. -
"And tomorrow night =
"Ah," cried Nita, with a flash of mis-
chief, I'VE will go TO grandmamma' then.
1t will be the very time. She and Aunt
Eunice always have roast oysters for tea,
and they are in such good spirits, because
they have got safely through another Sun
day and have done nothing wicked all day.
Our time for roast oysters will be tonight,
and papa is sure TO be cheerful, because his
weeks work is over. 1t will be the best
time for you TO talk to- mean-to see
him." The sentence ended with dimpling
blush
1T strikes me, said her lover, that the
arrangement, though altogether delightful
to me, is somewhat secular for a young
woman who, for a long time past has been
so resolutely bent on observing two Sunday
evenings"
Very true" replied Nita, recklessly,
''but that's the very reason. I've been SC
exemplary of late, that this week l mean
to take holiday, and keep two Saturday
evenings instead. "
cor rather" said her lover softly, 'let
us say that we will keep two holidays. !
feel as if | should be a better fellow from
this time on. So God bless you, darling
and bless us both on Saturday night and on
Sunday night Susan Coolidge, IN Con-
| gJegdtiondHst
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-11-12
THE BOY BANDIT.
a Serial Story i'm Three Parts,
PART /.

"Gimme bite o your jujube paste y
The speaker was a boy of some twelve
summers and an equal number of winters,
to say nothing of large number of springs
and several hundred falls. The most casual
observer would have been willing to make a
deposition before the nearest magistrate that
beneath a somewhat commonplace and phe
nomenally dirty exterior for our hero had
a naughty contempt for conventionalities)
this boy concealed an indomitable will and a
collarless shirt.
The person whom he addressed was a girl
of about his own age She was peerlessly
beautiful and wore store clothes and had
an aristocratic air. Every nerve stretched
to its utmost tension, the boy awaited her
answer. With quick movement she plac-
ed the coveted confection out of his reach,
uttering as she did so, these words
Nav | won't, neither"
The youth staggered as if he had been hit
with club. Had he not been so passion
ately attached to his native land. as to carry
large sample of it on his face, his compan-
ion would have seen that he was CHASTITY
pale.
The iron had entered his soul
so be it, s. he Missed in a strange, unnat-
ural voice This is the bitterest blow of
ALL Tonight l leave New York forever.
Henceforth William Boggs is dead. But in
his place will spring to life one of whom
men will speak with bated breath and bulg-
ing eyes one whose feared and hated name
will be
What what !" walled the girl
"Barbarous Bill, the Boy Bandit, the Ho-
" Terror of the Yosemite As he uttered
these words the iujube paste fell from his
companions nerveless fingers, and with q
low cry she sank fainting to the ground.
The boy seized the confection and eagerly
devoured it. Then as he strobe rapidly
away he muttered, hoarsely
''Tremble, naughty gyurl, for the end is
not yet come ~
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-11-12

"How long do stokers live = asked Trib-
une reporter of an engineer of one of the
swiftest ocean racers that ply between this
country and England
AS long as anybody" was the mexpect-
ed reply
How do they like their work p
IF they don't like their work, they get
out there are plenty willing to take their
places was the answer. But it is hard to
persuade the average landsman that the
stoker's life is not shortened by constant
exposure to the extremes Of temperature.
Transatlantic passengers who have braved
the intense heat of the furnaces and visited
the fire room wonder how men can endure
such life even for voyage The stokers
work four hours at stretch, hemmed in
between two long lines of furnaces that
keep the temperature ordinarily at 800 de
grees, sometimes sending it as high rs 100.
The space between the furnaces is so mar
row that when the men throw in coal they
must take care when they swing back their
shoyels, lest they should burn their arms ON
the furnaces behind them. The only means
of ventilation is one large air pipe that
reaches down into the centre of the stokers'
quarters, and ON big steamer the men
have TO take the air in patches On great
ocean steamer like the Umbria, the men
come ON in gangs of eighteen stokers and
twelve coal passers, and the watch lasts
four hours The Umbria has ~ furnaces
which require nearly $50 tons of coal day
at cost of almost 500, 900 per voyage. One
hundred and four men are required to man
the furnaces and they have enough to do
They include the chief engineer, his three
assistants, and ninety stokers and coal pass
ers.
The stoker comes ON to work wearing on
/ ly thin undershirt, light trousers and
wooden shoes. On the Umbria each stoker
tends four furnaces. He first rakes open
the furnaces, losses in the coal, ard then
cleans the fire, that is, prizes the coal apart
with heavy iron bar, in order that the fire
may burn freely He PUSHES from one fur
mace to another, spending perhaps two or
three minutes at each, Then he dashes to
/ the air pipe, takes his turn at cooling off,
and waits for another call TO his furnace,
which comes speedily, When the watch"
is over, the men shuttle off, dripping with
sweat from head to foot, through long cold
galleries to the forecastle, where they turn
in for eight hours. -Four hours of scorch-
ing and eight hours sleep make up the rou-
tine of a stoker's life ON voyage -Scien-
] tfc american.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-11-12

share of his time TO a pcrusal Of the stand
ard poets and the leading magazines, those
of the latter, to whose pages he was once a
valued contributor, being sent him regularly
and unsolicited by the publishers in kindly
remembrance Of past services. For some
years he has not read the daily papers, and
evnces little or no interest in current events.
1T pains me, n he said, "to meet with the
details of 50 much crime and so many casu-
alties."
Indeed he reads comparatively little of
any kind now-occasonally page or two
that mainly consist of Hawthorne Dickens,
and Thackeray iudcously selecting there
from matter of cheerful tone and subject.
When undisturbed he is much given to mus
ing: but at times win converse willingly
and huently, displaying thereby power Of
memory that, in view of his feeble physical
condition, is quite unlocked for, recently sur
prising his son not little by repeating YER
batim one of Charles Lambs longest essays
His thoughts often revert to his irrepara-
BILE loss Of wife and children, speaking of
each tenderly and regretfully, and mani
Testing keen interest in the proper care Of
their graves-ever dwelling ON the domes-
tic Affections which have broken his heart
and enveoped his once brilliant intellect in
a broodng and incurable melancholy.
At rare intervals, in his brighter and more
hopeful moods, his retentive memory re
wives "A former interest in old friends and
pleasant associations. The name of Long
fellow is often ON his lips that poets death
affected him deeply. contributing not a lit
tie to the gloom which was just then fasten-
ing itself upon his buoyant nature.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-11-12

President Clcvelands country home is he
coming ready for occupancy. | drove out
past it the other day, and was surprised at
the changes which the hand of the archi-
tcct has wrought Out Of an old stone
farmhouse has been made one of the pretti-
est Of modern country villas The roof has
been entirely changed and the second story
raised Porticoes have been added, and. !
am told about $4,000 worth of improve
ments have been put upon it, 1t has a roof
of dark Indian red, painted in such a way
that it seems to shine ike velvet under the
sun. 1t has been called by some Prospect
Cottage, and 10y others it has been nick
named Red Top Prospect Cottage is
certainly very good name for it, for it has
some Of the grandest views of this District
Of Columbia. which is district full of pic
turesquencss From its tower, doubt not,
Mount Vernon can be seen with glass,
and from its front porch all of Washington
is visible Had the President asked the
Lord to make country home for him ac-
cording to his orders, don't think he could
have designed a prettier place than this.
-CiereiuHd Ledder.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-11-12

A motto for young lovers Sofa and no
father. -h,dependent
Mrs. Fleming of Wood county, Ohio,
lighted an extra candle the other night
when the preacher and his wife called, and
after they had gone away her husband, Jo-
siah, boxed her ears for the display of ex-
travagance. Although they have been mar
ried AZ years she has sued for divorce,
"Why don't you mind what l say :" said
an Irish mother to her child, you pay no
more attention to what l say than if was
dumb haste talking to ye,h
A Welsh poet has written some verses on
the Patti wedding beginning, "Llanwer,
wynwes hen gwoinawa a cherddoori dan. VI
Somehow every time a Welshman writes
anything it gets pied in the form.
"The power of the affix," said the pro
fessor 'can best be illustrated how, Mr..
Stevens y
by the hind legs of the mule,
Mr. Stevens this is not the class in nat
ural philosophy It'd Bits,
And now they tell of an old church or
ganist in this city who at the wedding OF
an antique belle whom he knew years be
fore, astonished everybody by playing fan
TASTE ON the air, when You and We're
Young. n-ROrbtuy AdpOcdte.
A gentleman was awakened in the nigh
and told that his wife was dead He turned
over, drew the coverlet closer pulled dow
his night-cap and murmured, as he went t
sleep again, 'Oh how grieved | shall be ii
the morning l'-Engtish paper.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-11-12
NO. 46.


Statistics are abundant to prove that the
years of life have been greatly lengthcned.
DIR. Charles l., Dana assemblies them in an
article in the Forum The death rate in
London in 1880 was so in 1000 i'm 1850,
81 per 1000 in 1880, % per 1000. The
mortality in Paris in the fourteenth ccRtu-
ry was 30 per 1000 now it is 20 per 1000.
Records Of death rates have been kept in
Geneva since 1880 since that time the ex-
pectation of life has increased from ) to 40
years The average duration of life in the
sixteenth century was only IL years now
in England it is Al years. In 1929 three
out of every four children died before the
age of five years. Now, outside of large
cities only 30 per cent. of all deaths occur
under the age of five. In recent years
there has been steady decline in the
annual mortality rate for the whole popula-
ton. In England and Wales it has fallen
from %. ) per 1000 in 1861 to 49, per 1000
in 1sSO-s2. This means that out of every
1000 children born, 29.4 more reach the
age of 10 than did twenty years ago. 1t
means in this country, for example, thst
10000 more children grow to be 10 than un-
der older methods of living.
Compared with century ago, although
no particular individual reaches any great
er age, the average duration of life has
doubled. English statistics show that since
1861 the decreased death rate adds POO years
to the lives of 1000 males, of which 20 per
cent. is passed between the ages of 20 and
&c. the productive period
The efforts to save human life or prolong
it on the part of the medical profession
have achieved notable results Typhus fe-
yer in England killed 30 per cent. of its vic :
Tins previous to 1926. The death-rate has
since been reduced to 20 per cent, or per-
haps less. Ague, pneumonia, diabetes
Bright's disease the fevers and diarrhoesl
diseases of children, are less mortal than
they once were. Death rates in hospitals
have fallen from 20 per cent for 40 years
the ratio in Bellevue HospitaD to 10 and IL
per cent. ON the admissions In 30 years
Q741 to 1920 the proportion of cures to
deaths in st. Bartholomews Hospital in
creased fvefold. Consumption, being more
quickly recognized and more nationally
treated, has become less formidable, and
death rates from that source have steadily
declined since 1850. In public institutions
where out of every 20 puerperal women
died, the ratio is now less than 1 in 200
just as certainly the surgeon has done his
share The ratio of deaths after amputa-
tions has declined from about 40 per cent.
to less than 20. Every year modern surgi-
cal skill saves the lives of thousands of pa
tients whom once the surgeons did not dare
to touch.-GOod Housekeeping.