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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-10-17
AUCTION SALES.
By 3. T. Lucas, Auctioneer.
Millinery, Dry Goods, &c., &c.
AT PUBLIC AUCTION

AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
On THURSDAY. October 18th. 1888. com.
mencing at 10 o'clock g. H.. will sell at public
auction, at No. 322 King street, the ENTIRE
STOCK, OUTFIT and FIXTURES OF MY MIL
LINERY STORE.
The stock to be offered is irst class, ard especial
attention is requested to the same 1t consists Of
Hats. Bonnets, Ribbons, Yelvets, Notions, &C &c.
will also sell the Counters, Show Cases. &C., &c.
Sale peremptory, IS shall discontinue business
on account OF ll-health.
oct11 is Mrs. T. G. SWAIN.
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LAWN PARTY.

AT "TEVIoT." CLIFTON, FOR THE BENEFIT
oFTHE Fairfax MONUMENT TO THE
CONFEDERATE DEAD,
ON SATURDAY, OCT 90. from 1 p. m. to 6p. m
All persons interested in the cause are cordially
invited to attend. Contributions of provisions
and fancy or Useful articles for sale are earnestly
solicited and will be gratefully acknowledged.
Committee on ngement-Mr. Richard But.
Ter. Mr.. Wm. s. K;ncheloe, Robert Ions
On Reception-Dr. B. J. Simpson, Mr.. James P
Machen, Mr. Thomas B. Graham, Mrs. W. Fl. F.
Lee. Mrs. James P. Machen. Mrs. Harold Snow
den, Mrs. Thomas Addison, Mrs. L. P. Vedder.
On Refrcshments-Mrs. L. Wells, Mrs. VIM. E.
Ford, Mrs. Elias Kineheloe, Mrs. Jamea Buckley,
Mrs NJ NJ Payne, Mrs. Robert Clarke Mrs. Benz.
Griffith, Mrs. VIM. 8. Kincheloe.
On Fanc- Booth and Decorstions-Mrs. c. c.
Lackey, Mrs. Robert Ions. Miss Bette Tyler, Miss
Burke, Miss Leila Ions, Miss BERTHE Green, Miss
Georgia Wright. Miss DeBel
On Music and Amusements-Mss 2 |, Miss
Olivia Ford Miss Eddie MILAN, ". Il mas B.
Grsham.
On Dsncing-Mr. John Ford, Mr.. G. B. Wright,
Mr.. Robert Buckley. octl2 I'd
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MARINE DISASTER Ca the L inst, IF
0dPsntatou creek, on Chesapeake Bay,
ini WAS discovered by the f hsrmen, at
,,c'or tue Forward part OF u head down
a,isr water Ga tue 18Th two bodies
sl.hsi a-a4re near Baeler's B'at', a'so
Gs.e- # tue wrec&age OF some vessel. / 10
Aaghl hat Ia tue gals OF Tuesday last or
toe easieily gale OF last Thursday tug
wien vas towing The raft fcuodered and
INK ia one OF the deep holes and pulled q
i,rioi he taft down with her, and that all
abos;d have been lest. The rsft is now
making up aud the logs coming ashore.
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KEY DR. MCKIM The Rsv. DR.. Mckim,
New Orleans who has returned !rom q
..f'97en vacation, has gone 10 his
zone ~ Nsw Orleans. His sermon to the
-a20any congregation in Washington, on
va. Was highly appreciated. Until he
'ieas' New O-leers he will be unanle TO
.'4'e "bether to accept the call to Epiph-
y caurch or not. Wits in Washington
= CID not express what his inclination was
I. regard to the call. and it may be some
-s before it is known.
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WANTS.


WANTS.
-, :.
YETANTED-By gentleman and wife large.
W comfortably FURNISHED ROOM and good
BoAap WIZ pfva,G ,nm s clo Mu1n o. n1
v "a 10 s.o.;n, ,orrns ond sccommods.
tio u,I. NEW YORK, Ga2ETTE ofi,e oct16 st
Y,,,NrrD ~ - ;n,moa;ota crstomo- n
Ur ,tS IN TO SG
within three miles Of AlexsndT a; Price low and
oc116 d&tw1w Real Estate Agents
NANIED-By the LOOMS NATIONAL IL
w bhAki AosoClA15o ~, $1,000 Cai; 10.
an oihto IN Alexandra. Saiay psiq, .aii d. OF
Building. oct15 3t
NOR SALE.
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TON wAGoN and Harness Apply ~, at At = 40
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and dozen, at lmy4l j Z. Ml1-snhNs 9.
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A SHIFT for i5c at
mh2S AMOS B. SLAYMAKER'S
IlNGLIsH RIBBED SWISS CoNDE SHIRTS
~ and DRAWERS extra heavy at
nov2o AMOS b. STA MAkEHs.
~ MATS VERY FINE OLD GOVT. JAVA
~ cOtFEEJp5t received oy r,,,,>,
aplI d. Z. MlLbuhN.
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s)OlAIo Ohlie' III hs'i-po"nu ooAes' ie'eiS0o
NO J. C. MILBURN
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local MATTERS

tioa ia.r cooler weather westerly
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,I7ANTED-By the LOOMS NATIONAL Ii,
w BRARY ASSOCIATION a MANAGER foI
an Office in Alexandria. Salary paid Cali at OF
address the WASH ugtou Office, roem los Lcnman
Building oct15 81
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PERSONAL. Miss Annie Maddox, from
a'csvi e is visiting her sunt MFs. Maddox,
% Washington street.
d. Na,mjou, the celebrated occuist, of
Washington, hcs been in the city for the
-iA lew DAYS removing 8 cataract from the
'isoia soy who IS visiting relatives in this
ste
Ai.s Lot,ia Caesoo, from near Annapoli',
VISITING Miss Fannie Mason on King
.,rse
NJ N lgo has returned from visit to
lsald.
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MEDICINAL.

sxasIOs. cures Liper Complaint.
|-- Bilious Injections and
4 Costireness. At druggists. Price IS cts.
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A FEW KITS ROE HERRING for sale at on
N dollar per kit by
oct11 &c. MILBURN.
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XgTANTED--For an immediate customer n
w COUNTRY PLACE of from 10 to 30 acres,
with good dwelling aud some other improvements,
within three miles Of Alexsndr a. Price low and
terms easy. GREEN & WISE,
oct1 d&tw1w Real Estate Agents.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-03-31
CLEVER coUNTERFEITs.
Something About the Most Cleverly Ell
ecuted Raised Note Ever Made.

Something About the Most Cleverly Elk.
ecuted Raised Note Ever Made.
The United States Secret-Service
sleuth-hounds have captured and ''run
i'm raised silver certificate that has
been inaccurately described in the pa
pers. At the headquarters of the Sc
cret service in the Treasury building
the correspondent was shown the spu-
rious curiosity and the true inwardness
was told by an official, who said:
s'This, which, by the way. is the
most cleverly executed raised note ever
seen in the department. was seized in
the South. The head of Dexter, who
was once Secretary of the Treasury.
has been cut from fractional 50-cent
piece and pasted over the vignette of
Martha Washington. The descriptions
hitherto published state that George
Washington's yignette was substituted
for Martha's but you see that is mis-
take. The figures so and the word
fifty were also cut from the fractional
currency. The figures so in the back
WCIC tdhCH HUH CdIICClCA iCfCiuO
stamps The official then displayed
a counterfeit $40 silver certificate
which had been raised from 81 GER
tificate. This was not as good a SAM
pie of work as the other, but it passes
all the same. The figures were cut
from cigar stamp. General Han
cocks vignette adorns this elevated
currency. The fact is the $40 silver
certificate has not been issued, and it
will bear Secretary Manning's vignette
when il does come before the public.
It is barely ready.
The colored people Of the South are
generally the victims Of the most
wretched counterfeits. The bills used
by the students in commercial colleges
are frequently passed upon the imam
and brother of the rice and cotton re-
gions, so the service relates. Wash
tssgton Letter.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-03-31

who has utterly broken down. 1t is q
marvellous piece of work. 1t is the
.'Last Adieu" realized in marble. 1t is
naturalism and it is art. It is realistic,
and SO perfect in detail that you would
recognize any of that group of mourn
ers if you met them in the street.
Over another tomb, where husband
and wife lie buried together, this old
couple sit in two arm chairs, holding
each others hand. On another man
lies dead on his bed, and his young
wife reverently raises the sheet and
gazes for the last time upon his face.
Over another tomb is the statue of a
man who lies within. On the steps of
the tomb stands his wife, and she holds
their little girl in her arms and lifts
her up as though to kiss the dead papa.
The door of another vault is repre-
sented as half open. The husband lies
dead inside. The wife knocks at the
door and listens for her dear ones
voice to call her in.
There are hundreds and hundreds OF
these beautiful groups in the Campo
Santo. What makes them the more
extraordinary to the English traveller
is that the living and the dead are all
habited in modern everyday costume,
and no detail is spared to make the
groups and single figures triumphs of
realism. One remarkable piece OF
sculpture / have omitted to mention.
1t is over the tomb of a beautiful
Italian lady who died short time ago.
Her bed is represented with perfec-
ton of detail. The lace on the pillow
is perfect. The lady is dead, but the
angel has come to fetch her. The angel
takes the dead lady's hand and the
lady gets out of bed to go with the
angel to Heaven. This is the moment
depicted by the sculptor. The lady
sits on the edge of the bed and the
angel points upwards in the direction
they are to travel together.
All this is very beautiful, but its in
tense realism may jar on some. 1t did
on me after time. felt that some
thing of the sublimity of death was
taken away in the process, and I
turned with little sigh of relief to
some of the humber graves which
dotted the sunny garden of fragrant
roses that lay SO bright and beautiful
under the blue Italian sky.-Genoa Cor.
London Referee.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-03-31
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

There can be no tirst-class orpay-
ing animals without good feed and care.
Farming can be improved until
farmers improve themselves, SO they
can cope with deteriorated soil and de-
preciated prices.
All young animals quickly learn to
eat ground oats, and there is no ground
grain better for them. They will grow
and thrive upon oats even when draw
ing milk from the dams.
Some men look at the sky only to
forecast the weather. see more beauty
in dollar than in bed of flowers,
and will hear the crow in corntield
quicker than the lark in the air.
The secret of frying small fish
crisp and brown, without either egg OF
bread crumbs, is to dry it well, flour
both sides (do not be niggardly with
the Indian meaD and plunge it into
plenty of boiling fat. Be sure the fat
is boiling, and plenty of it. as upon
that depends the erispness and brown
ness of the fish.
EARLY cabbages should be hoed or
cultivated every ten days, or after
every rain, to keep the land mellow
around them until the leaves spread so
as to stop this. They will need one or
two hoeings after the cultivator stops.
There is no crop that responds SO
quickly to thorough filth and heavily
manuring as cabbages.
-Stewed Raisins.-Take one pound
of best raisins, pick them free from
stalks; cover in dish with cold water,
steep all night put them in a stew
pan and bring the water to boiling
point, then simmer until the skins are
quite tender; turn into dish to cool,
and they are ready for use. This, with
bread, is an excellent dish for persons
of weak digestion or for invalids.
The farmer should remember that
the fodder he has accumulated repre-
sents money. It is capital, and it
should not 60 to waste. What would
be thought of merchant who flung
his goods out into the mud or had them
worked over fine and then ran them off
in creek? The farmer does both
when he feeds his animals in the yard
and allows the manure to wash away.
To Bake Leg of Mutton.-Take
leg of mutton weighing six or eight
pounds; have the bone removed, and
fill the cavity with dressing made of
four ounces of suet, two eggs, two
ounces of chopped ham, six ounces of
stale bread, one onion, a little sweet
marjoram. nutmeg, salt and pepper; sew
up, lay in pan, add a teacup of water,
andput in hot oven; haste frequently
and cook three hours.
1t is a verdict of science that "eggs
contain every element which is neces-
sary to the support of man." also, that
"they are the best nutriment for chill
dren, for, in compact form, they con-
tain every thing that is necessary for
the growth of the youthful frame"
Furthermore. ''eggs are valuable in
gradients of salves and medical prepa-
rations, and are an antidote to poison.
notably corrosive sublimate.''
St. Landry democrat., 1888-03-31
SMELLS OF PEkiN,
A Matter-of-Fact Picture of q Great City OF
China.

Va
China.
However much Pekin might be de.
scribed its condition would still remain.
inconceivable to those who havenot seen
lt-all the filth thrown into the road
way, a mixture of mud and abomina-
tons, in the ruts in which the spring
less cart-wheels are forever sticking!
You get along the Curio street-sup-
posed by some people to be the most
beautiful in China-by walking along
the little bits of crumbling ground in
front of each shop, and then swinging
yourself around the wooden pillar
that supports the roof, so as to avoid
getting soiled by the quagmire below.
AS every dirty man you meet does the
same thing, the condition of the wooden
pillar is not very nice, so that if you
are at all fastidious you rush to change
your clothes on returning home before
sitting down with decent people. The
shop fronts are of wondrous carved
wood; highly gilded signs hang out
into the street; wonderful beams with
carved ends project across the roadway,
and strings from which dangle red
feathers. But l must say that the last
thing am struck with is the magnifi-
cence of the scene. The shops are
pleasant enough. One goes into back
parlor set out like miniature muse
UNI; through that q courtyard; then an
inner sanctum not overcrowded with
pretty things. and with plenty of chairs.
But the prices of the curios are exorb-
liant; so that one can only be glad that
Pekin shop-keepers bow and smile
as politely on non-buyers as on
customers. Indeed, it is customary
for them to send their wares on in
spection to the different houses day
after day. Number one thing! six
dollars say they. Reply unwarily
with "half DOLLAR and it is yours;
whereupon you feel sure at once the
thing is no real curio at all and worth
nothing. This bargaining is a great
amusement each day after breakfast.
Pekin furs are lovely, and there are
lovely white featherlike Thibetan
sheepskins; and, most fascinating OF
all, cinnamon or cream-colored fo2
skins so soft that they could almost be
passed through the traditional ring.
The great sights of Pekin are behind
closed gates at present. Sometimes
some are open; others never. We go to
the clock tower; a waffle fence is hur-
riedly erected across the opening as
we approach. We go to the examine
ton hall-sometimes open, but shut
to-day. Of course you can 60 again,
if you liked the smells last time. 1t is
adjoining the observatory, where the
carved bronze supports of the instru-
ments-weird dragons chained to
mountains lest they should escape,
redundant foliage, etc.-deserve to be
one of the wonders of the world. I am
glad to have seen them; I should like
to see them again. But, oh dear, the
smells! and the man with loathsome
sores and the hideous voice who wants
to try gentlemen's cigars for them and
to touch ladies' dresses, and who fights
with strangers for larger tip when
he has had more than enough already.
st. James Gazette.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-03-31
HORSES FOR FARMERS.
Why They Should Raise None But Really
Desirable Animals.

Desirable Animals.
The question with farmers towards
spring is, what sort of colts they will
find it most profitable to raise. This
depends to great extent on the ability
and taste Of the farmer. The majority
of the farmers have not the skill and
judgment required to break and drive
high-spirited young horses, and if they
undertake to do it are almost sure to
meet with accidents that greatly i'm
pair the value of the colt. Such farm
ers will find it more advantageous and
less dangerous to raise colts of the
draft breeds, as these are more slug
gish and much more easily handled to
the age when they can be sold, and if
they are sound and well developed
they will be in good demand.
There are some farmers who have
taste for good horses suitable for use
on the road and for fine carriage teams.
For superior horses of these classes
there is market at prices that return
good profit to the breeder. There are
many who breed poor class of mares
to inferior stations with the natural
result that they never have any thing
for sale that is wanted for any but the
most ordinary uses, and of this
kind of horses the market is
always overstocked. There are q
great many partly worn-out horses,
more or less unsound, that having
served their best days as driving horses
are sold for what they will bring, and
the inferior stock raised by the farmer
as mentioned, when marketed, comes
in competition with this class and must
be sold at low prices.
If farmers would dispose OF their
inferior mares and keep a smaller
number of good ones, they would find
the result much more profitable. With
any kind Of farm stock it pays to raise
the best, and especially is this the case
with horses where there is a wide
range of prices depending on the indi-
vidual merits of the animal, and to a
considerable extent on the skill with
which he has been handled.
Then. too, in deciding this question
the farmer should be governed by the
character Of the mares he proposes to
use for breeding purposes, and select
such stations as are best suited for
them. Too many let the fee charged
settle the question, not considering
that the increased value of the colt
may easily be much more than the
amount of the fee. It is most short
sighted policy to patronize an inferior
stallion because the expense of doing
this is few dollars less. Far better
breed smaller number of mares and
raise fewer colts. The care, trouble
and expense will be less, and the re-
suit in every way more satisfactory
National Live-S Stock journal.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-03-31
FEMININE FANcIES.
Hints Concerning Late Novelties I'm DR.
and Jewe1ry.

Hints Concerning Late Novelties fin Dress
and Jewe1ry.
In England the tea gown is Of bril-
liant red, whatever the fabric may be.
Russia linen Of heavy quality
makes durable and serviceable dish
towels.
Hemstitched linen sheets are used
by those who can afford luxuries, with
pillow cases and bolster cases finished
with hemstitching to match.
Quite new and very effective is tor
toise shell jewelry set with diamonds.
Brooches, cuff-buttons and earrings
are all represented in designs that
follow more or less closely the patterns
seen in gold and silver jewelry.
Middle-aged ladies have their full
drees toilets Of black velvet or more
cut with a half high corsage, inside of
which is gathered a guimpe of black
net or tulle which comes up close about
the throat. where it is completed by .
high collar of MORE or velvet.
As yet both the earrings and ear
knobs incline TO be rather small in
size. Often they are merely small
stone set in simple frame work of gold,
again, they are cluster Of fine gems,
and yet again they are a little gold
knot or q gold flower. fly or other de
minutive object.
Cheese straws are new wrinkle at
dinner parties. The cheese comes in
long sticks like macaroni and one end
is tied with narrow strip Of ribbon.
These cheese straws were first intro
auced at the six o'clock teas two
seasons ago, and now find their way to
the fashionable dinner table, +.
Verdi.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-03-31
aENoA.s CAMPO sANTo.
q Weird City Of tho Dead Described by
George Il. Sims.

a Weird City Of tho Dead Described by
George Il. Sims.
Imagine garden surrounded with
noble open galleries lined with mag
nificent white marble monuments, and
all shut in by great sunny green hills,
which stand around it like sentinels
guarding the silent and sacred camp
of the dead. Imagine all this, then
put above the roses and the blossoms
and the fragrant trees, and the yellow
immortelles and the green Wreaths and
the glorious marble statuary, blue
sky and bright sun. and you have a
faint idea of Genoa's Holy Field
But you can not imagine the monu-
ments and the memorial statuary.
You must see them. because they are
so utterly unlike any thing we have in
our cold. prosaic land. In long mar
BILE galleries. open to the air and the
sun, the monuments at FIRST give the
cemetery the appearance Of an art
exhibition. You imagine you have
wandered into sculpture gallery by
mistake; but the wreaths of flowers,
with broad silk sashes attached, the
swinging lamps. and the memorial tab
lets undeceive you. Each monument
has, as it were, an arch OF the gallery
to itself. and is placed against the
back wall. The figures are rarely allie
gorical. A man III his habit
as he lived stands life-size in
white marble above his own
tomb. a little girl in q short frock,
with her lisp full Of flowers, seems
dancing on the column that records
her death. Over another beautiful
tomb is family group, iife-size. The
father il dying. He lies on his death
bed and the sculptor has realized every
detail of draperV. The wife kneels BY
the bedside, some Of her daughters
supporting her. The old mother sits
in an easy-chair, her eyes raised TO
Heaven, her lips seeming almost 20
move in prayer. On the other side Of
the bed the eldest SON stands up and
supports one Of the daughters,