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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01
A cAp1TAL STORY is told of Daniel Web

a CAPITAL STORY ls tolu or DANIEL WeD
ster who once had the night stage from
Baltimore to Washington, with no compan-
ion save the driver, and contemplated that
worthy's forbiding visage with very IN
easy mind. He had nearly reasoned his
suspicious fears away, when they came to
the dark woods between Bladensburg and
Washington when Mr.. Webster felt his
courage oozing out of his finger ends as he
thought what fitting place 1t was for a
murder. Suddenly the driver turned to-
ward him. and roughly demanded his name.
1t was given. Then be wanted to know
where he was going. "To Washington. 1
am Senator" said Daniel, expecting bis
worst thoughts were near realization. The
driver grasped him by the hand, saying {:
"How glad am Mister, to hear that I've
been properly scared for the last hour, for
when looked at you felt sure you was q
highWayman.u
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01
Ice I'm the Bay and Rivers.

BALTIMORE, Feb. 1.-Reports to day state
that the lower Chesapeake bay and its trib.
utares are filed with floating ice, which go
much interferes with sailing vessels that
navigation is difficult for them, and they
cannot move without tow. The present
milder weather is expected to increase the
difficulty when the ice will break loose in
the upper bay and Susquehanna river. The
harbor of this.port and tho Patapsco river
are completely clear.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01
Proceedings Of Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Feb.
SENATE,

Mr.. Coke presented memorial signed by
mercantile men of Ell PasD, Tex, represent
ing the extensive amount of smuggling done
between the border towns of Mexico and
those of the United States under the Mezi-
Can free zone law, and asking that a reel.
procty treaty be entered into with Mexico
in order to prevent suoh smuggling.
Mr.. Frye, from the Committee on Foreign
Relations. reported back adversely the bill
to facilitate the settlement and develop the
resources of Alaska, and to open an over
land route between the United States, Ash
attic Russia and Japan. The bill was indef-
nitely postponed.
Numerous bills were introduced and re-
ferred, among them one to place on the pen.
sion roll all officers and enlisted men who
have served in the army or navy between
he 4th of March, 1861, and the 1st of Feb
ruary, 1866, at the rate of one cent per
month for each days service---this to be a
Service pension bill" and san addition to
invalid pensions for disability"
The Senate then took up the resolution,
offered yesterday by Mr.. Call, instructing
the Judiciary Committee to report legisla-
ton necessary to prevent United States
courts managing railroads through receiv.
ere) from depriving creditors of their liens
through receivers certificates, and was ad.
dressed by Mr.. Call.
HOUSE.
Mr. Burnes, of Missouri, from the Com
mi,tee on Appropriations, reported the urg,
ent deficiency bill, and it was referred to
the Committee of the Whole
Several bills and resolutions of no general
intere at we're passed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01

TIE NEW YORK Sun puts it in compact
form whsn it sage: "Warmoth, republican
candidate for Governor of Louisiana, asserts
that If he is fairly beaten he will not COM
plain. Perhaps not but the Northern re
.publicans will. They will howl about fraud
in the South as long as the Southern States
remain democratic; and that is likely to be
a good stretch OF time. Fraud means an in.
sufficiency Of republican voters."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01
DIED.

At "Clarens," on Tuesday evening, January 81,
GEORGE Y. WoRTHINGToN, aged sixty-eght.
On Tuesday morning January 81, 1888, MICH
AEL HOLBROOK. 70 His funeral will take
place from his late residence, No. GIG north Co.
lumbus street, tomorrow morning at o'clock.
On Tuesday, January 81, CHARLES c. WEST
infant son of George J. and Ella West aged IS
months. Gs- The funeral will take place from
the residences of his father, 122 Psyton street, to-
morrow afternoon at O'clock Washington
papers please copy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01
A Terrible Explosion.

GALLITzIN, Pa, Feb. IA terrible ex-
ploson occurred last evening by which four
men were hurt, two of whom cannot recov.
or. 1t was in Polish boarding house, and
was caused by spark from lighted cigar
dropping into a can of blasting powder,
which the men were dividing up. The
house was entirely demolished, and the
furniture scattered in pieces for 200 yards
around
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01

The Overland Monthly for February mas been re-
ccive1 from its publishers in San Francisco It's
contenta are Around San Diego Bay, Two, Diary
of Asariah Smith in 184S and 1s49, a Lullaby,
The Barzeitson Experiment, Commercial Union
Between the United States and Canada, A Creed,
Miss Grey The Women of Japan, The Gagged Lin
net, The Pennington Feud Indian War Papers,
An Old Day-Book, LIES Moment, Emancipation
of Massachusetts,, Etc, and Book Reviews
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01

SENATOR VOORHEES, in recent interview
asid: Postmaster General Dickinson is the
first democratic Cabinet officer I've met in
this Administration" The Administration
will last only year and q month longer.
But better late than never, and SO all good
democrats are reoiced to hear such true
democrat as Senator Voorhees, vouch for the
existence of even one democrat in Presi.
dent Cleveland's Cabinet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01

portant.-All persons afflicted WIN
rheumatism, neuralgia, sore throat, pain, III
the back or limbs, sprains, bruises e'G :,
should be informed that Salvation vi ID
what they need. For sale by all druggist
Price twenty-five cents bottle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01
Still Ice.Bound.

NANTUCKET, Mass, Feb. 1.-The condi-
ton OF the ice s about the same. The pros
pect of communication with the main land
is still uncertain. Efficient service has been
rendered oy the Government cable in getting
news to tugs whereby large number of
vessels, as we'll as lives, have been saved.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01
Mrs. Macauley's Mental Condition.

Mrs. Mncauley's Mental Condition.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-The question as to the
mental condition of Mrs. Ida Macauley,
who shot her husband Dec. "a last, was con
sidered by the grand jury yesterday. Con.
siderable testimony was taken. but the jury
finally ooncurred In the view that it would
be impossible to reach conviction in the
matter, SO the case against Mrs. Macauley
Was formally ignored and no indictment
against her will be returned. This action
of the jury practically ends this case.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01

There is no excuse for finn hat allO"s
a clerk to embezzie, from time to time, large
sums of money. Every business man shouiu
examine his accounts at least four times
year, to make sure of the correctness oi Do
books. If such course was pursued tne''
would be fewer defalcations.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01
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From Richmond.

Especial Dispstch to the Alexandria GAzE1TE.l
RICHMOND, Feb. 1.-The House bill to in
corporate the Memorial Ass lum for infants
in Fairfax county passed the Senate to-day
Senator Moore introduced bill 10 in
corporate the Mount Vernon Fire Insurance
Company, of Alexandria, with a minimum
capital OF thirty thousand, and maximum
capital of one million dollars B. P. 0.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01

It is reported from Paris that jeweler
there lost magnificent pearl, weighing 10
grains. and valued at $1,000. He advertised
literally, and month afterward ragplcEa;,
er brought the gem to the store. She Sslg
that she had three weeks before eatheren
up the contents of an ash box in front OF Inc
jewelers., and when che came to sort them
over she found the pearl.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01
Fire and Reported Loss of Life.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb 1.-The large dry goods
establishment of Barnes, Hengerer & Co. is now
on fire, with indications of its being total loss
1t is reported that several lives have beer lost
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01
Resulted.

MEDIA, Pa, Feb. 1.-Samuel Johnson,
sentenced to be hanged February Stb, for
the murder of farmer Sharpless, has been
granted respite until March Is.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01

The March number of The Season, the lady's
illustrated magazine, has been received from the
international News Company, 81 Beekman street.
New York.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01

"a rolling stone gathers no moss but it
may get an advertisement for DIR. Bulls
Cough Syrup painted on it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01

GB-Its waste of paper and time to send anon
ymous communications to this ofice for publica-
ton.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-01

COURT OF APPEALS YEsTERDAY.-stone
and ais VS.. Lewis. administrator. Argued
by J. w. Foster, esq for appellants and sub
mitted.
Woodaon va. Wood. Submitted.
Norcop vs.. Peters. Dismissed, agreed.
Piedmont Electric Light and Illuminating
Company We. Patiison's administrator. Ar
gued by z. g. H. Kean. esq, for plaintiff 10
error and Major T. J. Kirkpatrick for De
PENDANT in error.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-11
Advice to Anxious Iousenothers.

If your husbands salary il small, don't try
to live in the same style as your neighbor
who has twice you. income 1t viii cost you
dearly in the end Don't dress your children
and furnish your house the same as theirs
They can have their sevirg done and their
rooaas busted; you cannot Don't wait until
you can get as costIy oooEs as uacy; 8
cheaper edition will furnish just as much in
tellectual food Be content IN q cottage
when you cannot afford nausifn- Don't
send your daughter 70 VaSsar because they
do, or that she may associate with them as
equals, while you spend the weary hours from
S q N to Ii ?. IN TO devise 70 means Do
Try. by all means, to give her solid, prac-
teal education first, then. II circumstances
permit, the ornamental afserward
Be systematic, but DO not bs SO systematic
that you cannot drop yo,ir work for holi-
day or All evening out Slight it, If need be,
and let ne say, you can slight Systematic
ally. For instance, don't mind ironing thoss
sheets or dish towels nor those WOODEN hose
Don't scrub the kitchen aoor every day.
There will be tiIae enough when it Is soiled-
Fave place for everything, certain day
IL tee week for certain work, also q certain
portion OF each day for recreation II may Be
only few minutes. but IL Is wonderful what
you gain II that short tl1aa-Nev Orleans
PicsyuaA
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-11
Recklessness Concerning Drugs.

There is absolutely no limit TO the reckless
ness Of women with drugs, especially those
proper to the toilet One woman fancied
carbolic acid would improve her skin, and so
it will, diluted enough But she used it
strong, till the skin Of her face cracked,
peeled and-that was not the worst-left a
downy growth which spoiled originally de
cent cheeks Another thought cold baths
the finest stimulant in the world, and took
a plunge in the coolest well water twice a
day in warm weather, TIL she had to give
up, with her heart probably injured for life.
Another believed in hot baths, and after I'M
limited trial came out so weakened that it
took years TO restore her.
Moderation is the rule for all treatment,
but most persons learn it too late, and miss
the lifelong benefit they might derive from
the agencies they wear out III year or two.
Electricity has been sadly overdone by
women who fancied they knew enough to
treat themselves, bought a small battery and
tried to use it as q bank of vitality. Students
try to do double work by aid of this fearful
stiInulent. and find out it skaters their
nerves in less time than alcohol 1t is Of 10
use to try to find philosophers stone, or an
Aladdin lamp, or any substitute fer the
painstaking process Of developing care and
Judgment for ones self. You cannot by any
marvel of science give health or beauty by
pressing an electric button, or holding the
handles Of a battery, or swallowing any
bolUs, or lathering yourself with sweet
scented lotions, although cosmetic recipe
books and dealers may tell you so in flourish
ing sentences.-Shirley Dare's Letter.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-11

Tho i'll breeding that manifests itself in
loud talking in public is entirely too preva-
lent hereabouts among women whose attire
and general conduct stamps them as other
wise well bred. That wonlanly trait, low
voice, which Shakespeare fond SO excellent
thing III women, Is noticeable by its rarity
In most American communities. The i'm
preston conveyed by hearing such O voice
in public places and oonveyances is that the
forte speakers usual surroundings are the
factory or the rattle Of the kitchen dishes,
each resulting in enforced elevation Of speech
to key high enough to drown other noises.
The factory girl or the disbwasher has
every excuse for loud talking, for with her
1t is the force of habit. Other women have
no such excuse and their righteousness may
be set down to innate vulgarity. Such women
focus the eyes and arouse the attention Of
every occupant Of a street car. There it is
simply amusing and perhaps annoying. In
the place of amusement the loud talker, man
or woman, is simply pestilence, reminder
that the Nineteenth century is prolific Of
barbarians and that rudeness is the rule and
refinement the exceptioa--PitSb1rg Bull
letin
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-11
The Rainfall of the West.

The one thing needful to develop the agri-
cultural and pastoral possibilities Of this re-
gion-in q word, the key to its destinies-is
an adequate rainfall; and this suggests a
topic regarding which has arisen nearly all
of the controversies connected with the sue
cess Of the new west. Experts who knew alb
solutely nothing whatever about the actual
facts In the ease have written many q
weigbty article to prove that we do not have,
never have had, and never eau have any
rainfall worth mentioning. On the other
hand, the people out here, who know from
their actual experience that we do have
liberal and bona fide rainfall tn every por-
tion of our immense desert, are not con-
tent with stating the facts, or making aft
davits to them. but rack their brains to
find ingenious reasons for the beneficence
of Providence. One asserts that every yard
of steel rail laid in the desert will draw from
the heavens gallon Of water per annum;
another claims that there has always been
good rainfall here, and points in evidence to
the numberless canyons and creek beds twist
ing and turning in every direction, but all
ultimately converging to the rivers which
empty into the Missouri. A third contends
that rain follows the upturning of the sod,
draft on the clouds for definite quantity of
water.
1t is certain that the buffalo grass sod
which has covered these plains for centuries
has become as impervious to water as a cow
boys slicker. Hence the rain never pene-
trates it, but rushes OFF the divides in
fury TO reach the rivers ANY one who has
seen it rain on the plains can understand
something of the deiuge which covers the
entire prairie to the depth Of twelve TO
twenty-four inches during the.summer show
ers. 1t is easy to comprehend then how tho
numerous canyons In Kansas and Nebraska
are cut by the eagerness of the flood to roll
eastward. But when the prairie sod has once
been plowed the soil absorbs water like
sponga After a days heavy rain there is no
mud visible in plowed field; the moisture
soaks downward 10 great depths, and the soil
retains it through weeks of dry weather
afterward, sustaining its crops without ad-
ditiopal rain for Il wonderful length of time.
1t is at least reasonable to suppose that under
this changed condition OF large portions Of
the soil, which now ahsorbs rain instead of
shedding it like u rubber coat, the climate
retains its atmospheric moisture better, and
the rainfall becomes more regular, less fall
ing at time, but falling oftener. This
change may account, too, for the heavy dews
which of late years have been remarked in
this ccuntry--a thing absolutely unknown
ten years ago. The upturned soil parting
with but little of its moisture every day, it
returns 10 it at night, well nigh as refreshing
aS shower.-Frank IL Spsarman in Harp
ers Magazine
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-11
The Belle ss O Wife.

If young lawyer should be disbarred, q
young clergyman degraded from the minis
try, should merchant fail or an engineer
lose his position, be would scarcely suffer a
greater sense of change than does the young
belle when she finds herself ineligible to the
post which has been hers by the consent Of
her parents and by the appreciation Of the
world. She misses the bouquets, the muir
murs Of applause, the atmosphere of adula-
ton Why should she nots The lover, a
creature all smiles, who came bringing gifts,
has become stern taskmaster, scolding over
bills. Tue belle has become slave to the
cook, OF whom she is afraid, and to the
grocer, the baker, the candlestick maker.
However, If Love goes like light in the
psthway."'al this becomes right in time,
and the young wife will accommodate her
self to circumstances, and when she eulerges,
after year or two Of seclusiou, still beauti-
full, still young, still pleasure loving, there
is no doubt an added appetite for admiration
from the long fast. The husband is absorbed
in money making. He cares little how his
wife spends her time, and so grows tho mar
ried firt, innooeutly OF first. Innocent at
first: but alas! dangerous game, fraugbt
with possible misery to herself; for even the
most innocent Irritation is a troublesome
affair. Its essence is secrecy, and that is
bore ana a nuisance to an honest heart
Mrs. John Sherwood in Once Week.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-11
American IoNo for Lords.

As long as Americans have a national
Characteristic left from the wrsck of Anglo
mania, they viii love lord, even as Tom
did. The visiting lord viii always be their
golden caif-sometimes not even golden.
American girls Will marry him, and, Of
course, if he is nice, jolly, laxative fellow,
BIS be generally is, every one viii be pleased.
But it doesn't always stop there-Americau
girls will still marry him IL he is common
ruffian, as much Of an outlaw in his own
country as though he had forged a check or
robbed a church. There's the trouble; we
exercise no discrimination For example.
there was Sir Richard Sutton and the Dukes
of Marlborough and Sutherland. Sir Rich
ard was a gentleman in the fullest sense Of
TIE word, and by his stately bonhonie and
gracious courtesy amply atoned for Mr.
Ashbury's unpleasantness over me Cambria
and Livonia races years ago. And yet Sir
Richard YVES not as much sought altar, was
not as highly honored by fete and festival,
as either Of the dukes. Surely some one
should discriminate between such men.
The creed of society in these matters ia
very simple; tie higher the title the better
the mau-thats all.-New York Cor. Times.
Issnsoc-ne
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-11
Care of Childrsn's Feet.

"Aristocratic feet may be cultivated, re-
marked fashionable shoe dealer the other
day.
You take the grandchildren of such pie
beians as Jay Gould and old Commodore
Vanderbilt, and they all have beautiful feet"
he continued ''It's all matter of shoes,
bathing, stockings and care of the feet.
slow soa Well, take one Of the Wander
bilt grandchildren or George Gould's baby,
for Instance The child's feet from its birth
are carefully attended, bathed daily, and only
the best kind of shoes and the finest of stock,
ings put on it.
The difficulty with many parents is in
selecting shoes that are just the length of
their childrens feet" continued the learned
shoe dealer ''Now, there is nothing more
injurious to the shape of the foot than a short
shoe People Of wealth soon learn this. and,
while the narrowest possible width is chosen,
the shoe is always an inch longer than the
foot
Children who are permitted to walk or
The secret is to battle the feet each night III
warm water and each morning in cold water
and q little SALT rubbing vigorously. Then,
if fine, harmless stockings are worn, and
shoes that fit snugly without being tight, q
beautiful foot is sure to be the result
''Old shoes, shoes Of different makers, and
shoes of various sizes arc more trying to the
beauty of feet than either tight OF narrow
es.n-Baltimore News
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-11
Odd Sort of Entertainment.

A fern breakfast is the very latest. Today
that is, something as yet undreamed Of may
be the novelty tomorrow. a girl hostess
utilized o wide versnda for fern morning
some time ago Climbing ferns were
trained about the sides 70 form cool, green
wallis Masses Of lush, rank growing fern
were planted in each corner The table
appeared 20 % spread on q ouno overgrovn
With ferns The smallest ferns OF the brooks
and the woods, mingled with delicate
orchid or two and green moses, Tere
ranged about miniature pool OF water.
which formed the central decoration a
delicate maidenhair fern, planted IN tiny
vase Of china, stood By each plate as tho
breakfast favor Throughout the meal the
color green was preserved as far as possible,
all the fruit being served surrounded By
fern fronis
The pretty girl who gave the breakfast
wore Q gown of fern green China six, which
made her look like O wood goddess whose
skin the sun bad Rraciorsly forbozne 20 tan.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-11
Save the Bits OF Soap.

Gather together all the pieces of white
soap that you may have, CASTLE, ivory and
any others that are known to % good Cut
them into small pieces and dissolve in boiling
water in the proportion of a teacup Of water
to half q cup of scraps. AS soon as the scraps
have melted, and while the water is still hot,
stir in ground oatmeal to make q stiff batter
Grease some old cups and pour enough of
this mixture in each for small cake, and
set it aside to harden and dry. You have
now u very nice soap that is excellent for
daily use In the nursery; or the mixture may
be made Just little thinner and kept IN q
tin cup to be brought out as soft, white soap
at the children's baths For the boys and
girls tri-daily hand sclubbing stir the batter
very stiff with oatmeal, bran or wheat
middlings, ond mold into fat cakes. These
have roughness that is necessary to remove
ink stains, pitch and the many defiling sub
stances with which every healthy boy end
girl seems to como in contact
For fancy hand soap, melt all together the
pieces of any colored toilet soaps, provided,
of course, that they are good, and do not
contain injurious materials; stir in a few
drops Of perfunery and a very little Indian
meal. Pour this into shallow dishes fancy
yOu WISH "bGii COAO
stamp on pattern and mold the corners Of
the cakes round, or cut into shapes with O
cake cutter.
The scraps Of yellow soap may be put into
the soap shaker-a wire receptacle for hold
ing soap that is TO be shaken in the dish
water; but for those who have no such i'm
plement, this is way of disposing of them:
Dissolve the pieces Is before, using less hot
cooled stir in quantity las much IS is will
take nicely Of securing sand or bath brick
scraped fine; pour into a wooden box and
stir often until cold This is excellent for
securing tins and cleaning implanted shelves
and floors, sbut will, Of course, remove the
paint from wood work. Yellow soap may,
hike the white, be simply dissolved and left to
gtiffen little to be used Is soft soap-Ladies'
Hama Journal