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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-09
By R. 7. Lucas. Auctioneer.
URUSTEE'S SALE.

By virtue of deed of trust, bearing date on
the 10th day Of January, 1885, of record in deed
book No. 10, folio 200, of the land records of
Alexandria Virginia, the undersigned. trustees of
The Old Dominion Cooperative Building Asso.
citation of Alexandria Va" by order of the Board
OF Directors of the said association will at twelve
o'clock m. on SATURDAY, the 2sth day of April,
1855 in front of the Royal street entrance to the
Market Building, in the city of Alexandria, ex-
pose for sale at public auction, for cash the fol-
lowing described property, situate in the said city
to wit:
Alt that TENEMENT and LOT OF GROUND
on tho west side of st. Asaph street. between Duke
and Wolfe streets, and bounded and described as
follows: Beginning on the west side of ST. Asaph
street 50 feet inches south of Duke street, and
running thence south with st. Asaph street b1
feet 19i inches; then west parallel to Duke street
136 feet 10 inches to q ten.feet alley then north
with the said alley SO feet 11a inches to a brick
stable; then west with the south end of said stable
10 feet: then borth with the west side of said
stable 20 feet inches; then east with the north
end of said stable 20 feet; then south with the
east side of said stable Ii feet s inches, and then
east with direct line to the beginning
THOS. LEA ADBEATER,
RiCH'D. III. LYLES, Trustees
JONAS FISHER
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The Advantages Of Rest.

There is no better preventive of ner
vous exhaustion than regular, unhur
ried, muscular exercise. If we could
moderate our hurry, lessen our worry
and increase our open-air exercise, q
large proportion of nervous diseases
would be abolished. For those who
cannot get sufficient holiday the best
substitute is all occasional day in bed.
Many whose nerves are constantly
strained in their daily vocation have
discovered this for themselves. A
Spanish merchant in Barcelona told
his medical man that he always went
to bed for two or three days whenever
he could be spared from his business,
and he lauged at those who spent their
holidays in toilsome mountains. One
of the hardest worked women in Eng
land, who has for many years conduct
ed large wholesale business in Eng
land, retains excellent nerves at an
advanced age, owing, it is believed, to
her habit of takingOne day week in
bed. If we cannot avoid frequent agi-
tation, we ought, if possible, to give
the nervous system time to recover it.
self between the shocks. Even all
hours seclusion after good lunch
will deprive hurried, anxious day of
much of it's injury. The nerves can
often be overcome by stratagem when
they refuse to be controlled by strength
of will.
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How to Live Happily.

Thomas Jefferson wrote the follow
ing excellent advice. There is great
deal of human nature and good sense
in it:
Harmony in the married state is
the first thing to be arrived at. Moth
ing can preserve the affections unin-
terrupted but firm resolution never
to differ in will, and O determination
in each other to consider the love of
the other of more value than any OBJ
ject whatever on which the wish had
been fixed. How light, in fact, is the
sacrifice of any other wish when
weighed against the affections of one
with whom we are to pass our whole
life. And no opposition in single in
stance will hardly in itself produce
alienation, yet every one has his pouch
into which all these little oppositions
are put, and while that is filling, the
alienation is insensibly going on, and
when filled it is complete. 1t would
puzzle either to say why, because no
one difference of opinion has been
marked enough to produce a serious
effect by itself. But he or she finds
his or her affections wearied out by a
constant stream of little checks and
obstacles, Other sources of discon-
tent, very common indeed, are the lit
tie cross purposes of husband and wife
in common conversation; a disposi-
ton in either to criticise and question
whatever the other says; desire al
ways to demonstrate and make him
feel himself in the wrong, especially
in sympathy. Nothing is 40 goading
on the part of either. Much better,
therefore, if our companion views a
thing in light different from what
we do, to leave him in quiet possession
of his view. What is the use of recti-
flying him if the thing be unimpor-
tant; and if important, let it pass for
the present and wait for a softer mo-
ment and more conciliatory occasion
of revising the subject together. 1t is
wonderful how many persons are rem
dered unhappy Ly inattention to these
rules of prudence.
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"Be o Good Man, Papa"

Leaving home this morning for The
office, we kissed our little four-year old
goodbye, saying to him, "Be good
boy, to-day" He somewhat surprised
us by replying, ~ will be ansgood
man, papa" Sure enough, we
thought. We need this exhortation
more than he needs it. And. who
could give it more effectually than this
guileless rrattler? The owort}s of the
little preacher have been ringing In
our ears all day, and, whssher we
wrote letters or editorials, pacified an
irate correspondence whose effusion
we could not publish, or. .pruned down
a too lengthy report, we seemed to
hear the sweet child voice saying, attBe
a good man, papa" If the. .exhorta-
ton had been given by Paul or Peter,
would it have had more force than
coming from this little apostle Of ,inno-
cence? We think not, at least, to our
heart. Oh, how many little children,
if not in words, yet by the helpless
ness of their lives and the truthfulness
of their little hearts, are pleading most
eloquently, Papa, be good man"
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What Phil Feund.

"It is very strange" said Mr.. Rod.
man, "where they could have come
frem, but the box was certainly ad.
dressed to me, by my full name.
They must be intended for the chill
dren of course; perhaps I will get a
letter telling me who sent them"
The box that Mr.. Rodman spoke OF
contained two small white mice in a
handsome cage; it had come by ex-
press, without any sign as to where it
was from, but, as it was near Phil's
birthday, the family naturally con-
cluded that the mice were intended as
present for him.
Mr.. Rodman was q man of large
means, and many other presents had
been prepared for his only son, but
nothing gave Phil half as much pleas
ure as the tiny little white creatures,
timid, and yet tame, whose favorite
resting-place was in his pocket.
Lila too, the sister two years young
er than himself, preferred them to all
the pets and playthings they had ever
had. Indeed, they soon became so
much attached to the little creatures
that they forgot the mysterious man
ner of their coming and ceased to Won
der who had sent them.
II tell you, sir" said Phil one day
several months after his birthday, II
think the cage is too small bed-cham-
ber for Rip and Rap; Pm going to
take my tool-chest and fit them up a
larger one"
The house was searched for a large,
clean wooden box. "Why don't you
take the one they came in ?" asked
mamma. Sure enough, there was the
box the cage had been expressed in
slowed away in the overcoat closet.
1t was the very thing.
Phil carried it out to the paved back
yard and emptied out the clean pack
ing stuff that had been put around it.
AS he tumbled it out on the bricks
something white fiuttered out in the
breeze and waited itself over the brick
wall.
"I do believe that was a note" said
Phil and he ran through the gate to
give it chase. 1t was evidently the
note which had been sent with the
mice, and which had got so covered up
with the packing as to be overlooked
entirely.
1t was now stained and discolored
the address was entirely gone, but
Phil, feeling sure that it was for him
self, opened it at once. Alas; the
mice had not been intended for Phil at
all. They were from a lady whose
name was unknown to Phil-perhapsI
friend of his fathers; she said they
had belonged to little child now in
heaven, who wished them sent to the
Ninth Street Asylum for the little Or
phans gathered there.
Phil felt very much like crying. II
would not have minded giving them
up at first" he thought, "but now
OH, I love them, and SO does Lila, and
they know us-what can I do ?" Then
the tempter drew near and whispered,
"You have money enough to buy them
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another pair; keep these"

another pair; keep these"
At first Phil was delighted with the
idea, and stuffing the note in his pock.
ct, went back to his work whistling.
"Be sure you burn the note" said the
tempter; "your father might not agree
with your PLAN"
All, then came the answer to those
prayers which the good father and
mother had daily offered for their boy
"Lead him not into temptation, but
deliver him from evil" "If I can't
tell my father" thought Phil, "there
must be something wrong about it,"
He dropped his saw and sat on the
edge of the box for long time. "De-
liver him from evil" the whits-wing-
ed prayer could not fail of an answer.
Phil sprang up, and without waiting
to change his working suit, rushed
down to his fathers office, showed him
the note, and asked him if he might
keep Rip and Rap.
Perhaps the father saw traces of the
struggle; perhaps he dimly guessed
what the victory had cost he put his
arm over his tall boys shoulder and 81
lently thanked God.
"They were entrusted to us, Phil"
he said, land we must never tamper
with trust, even in what seems fair
way. This is happy day for me, my
son; God bless you!" So Rip and
Rap went to amuse the poor little peo-
pie who had no fathers and mothers to
say "God bless youn ~
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Cultured Girls.

Sometimes it is thought that if girl
has been educated at high school,
she must be cultured, but some such
girls are the most uncultured of per-
sons. One need not be rich, or educat-
ed, or travel, in order to be cultured !;
but only sure that all sides of her be-
ing grow in harmony. Culture does
not mean music or French, but wo-
manhood. Very few can be rich, a
small number educated; but culture 10
for all.
Be determined to know something,
even q little, of the best history, the
best poetry, the best biography, the
best of art, the facts in science, and
the best thoughts of the best minds
ten minutes each day, five or six solid
books year, not mere stories. The
best in style and sentiment is as cheap
as the poorest. There is no excuse for
reading trash, when the standard
works on all subjects are rs cheap as
the poorest, no more than for walking
in the mud when clean sidewalk is
provided. Not extensive, but select
reading gives culture. Gather little
standard library of your own; you
will respect yourself and others will
respect you for it. Keep scrap book !;
fill it with the best things. Nothing
reveals a girls line of thought more
than a scrap book. Read and think !;
read a little and think; read when at
leisure, think when at work.
A thoughtful, selfish, snappish,
cross, fretful, overbearing and dictato-
rial girl may take the prize at school,
may excel in music, may travel round
the world, but the more she knows the
less culture she has. The commonest
country girl with good health, an open
brain, and a warm, unselfish, patient,
self-controlled disposition, is a hun
dred-fold more cultured than the
boarding school girl who is fractious
with her mother, cross with her sis
ters, or knows too much to associate
with working girls. Disposition is
culture. Health is the soil, intelli-
gence the branches, and disposition
the leaves, buds and blossoms, the robe
of living beauty, fragrance, and sweet
ness with which a young woman is to
clothe her life; for without heart cul-
ture the finest mental culture is like a
tree with nothing but cold, leafiess
limbs.
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'Thaekeray's Idea Of Women.

All men who avoid :femaaeaseeiety
have dull perceptions, and are stupid,
and have gross tastes and revolt agalnst
what is pure. Your club swaRgerers,
who are sucking the butts of. billiard
cues all night, call female society in
sipid. Poetry is as uninspiFing, to q
yokel, beauty has no scbarmss'for q
blind man, music does not please a
poor beast, who does not know one
tune from another; but as a@true ,epi-
cure is hardly ever tired of water,
sauce and brown bread and butter; I
protest / can SIT for whole'nighttalk-
ing to well-regulated, kindly woman
about her daughter Fanny or her boy
Frank, and like the evenings enter
tainment. One of the.g reatest benefits
q man can derive from q won1an,s so:
eiety is thathe is bound to fbe respect
full to her. The habit is' of sgreatggood
to your morals, men, depend upon 1t.
Our education makes us the most emf
nently selfish men in the world; and
the greatest benefits that we have is to
think of somebody to whom we are
bound to be constantly attentive and
respectful.
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A MOOnlesS Month.

The month of February, 1866, was in
one respect the most remarkable in the
worlds history. 1t had no full moon
January had two full moons, and sc
had March, but February had none
Do you realize what rare thing in ma
ture that was? 1t had not occurred
since the time of Washington, mol
since the discovery of America, mol
since the beginning of the Christian
era, nor since the creation of the
world. And it will not occur again
according to the computation of as
tronomers, for-how long do you
think?-taUo and q half million oJ
gears! Was not that truly wonder,
full month?
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Silver should be washed with cha
mois skin, saturated with silver soap,
each time after use, thus avoiding
general cleaning.
Windows and mirrors can be made
to shine without long polishing it after
being washed in hot soap suds they
are rubbed dry with newspaper.
The white of an egg beaten to stiff
froth, whipped up with the juice of
one lemon and taken half hourly, will
relieve the hoarseness and soreness of
the chest.
It is said by some housekeepers that
the addition of little vinegar to the
water in which tough meat is boiled
will have the effect of rendering it
tender.
Dry salt applied every day and
brushed into the roots will make the
hair silky and cause it to grow. Do
not continue but year or two, as it is
q strong tonic.
A cement to be used to mend rubber
boots and shoes is made by dissolying
rubber cut fine in benzine. This ce-
ment, it is said, will firmly fasten OH
rubber patch.
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Wear the Smile Of GladnesS.
by MRS. oRRIcY R. HEMMENwAY.

BY MRS. oRRICY r. HEMMENWAY.
Ye ewho with youth and beauty beam,
Come wear the smile OF gladness;
From lip and eye let sunlight gleam
UnmiXed with care and sadness.
The light and joy Of that bright way
Some saddened eye may borrow,
To dry the tear and drive away
The gloomy cloud Of sorrow.
And you upon the noon OF life,
With courage high, unbending,
Be hopeful, Jealous in the strife,
The right and truth defending.
You're blest indeed, who daily share
The smiles Of those you're shielding;
VIII you to discomfort and care
Like weaker ones be yielding?
No, while fond words all free from guile
Are round your flre-side breathing,
Then let the smile that answers smile,
Your eyes and lips be wreathing
And you whose heads are bowed with age,
Be cheerful, unrepininS,
And when you're treading life's last stage,
Let love your souls be hning.
AS radiant falls suns setting glow,
The hill-tops all adorning,
Than when in youths bright morning.
Let hatred, strife, and malice cease
With envy and complaining,
And let the smile of love and peace
All DER the earth be reigning.
And though the tear must sometimes rise,
To soften needful sorrow,
With trustful hearts and hopeful eyes
Look toward brighter morrow.
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Hot Water for Black Eyes.

There is a worldwide superstition
that as soon as a man gets black eye
he must use cold applications fol
hours, and that the best cold applica'
ton possible is raw beef. I call it q
superstition because it Is without rea-
son and against reason. Everybody
knows that what makes o discolora-
ton of the skin by bruise is the con-
gestion of the part with the blood that
cannot get away again, so that it de-
composes and changes it's color, and
everybody ought to know that the
way to prevent such result Is to facil-
itate and stimulate the circulation in
the bruised part.
A cold application retards the circu-
lation, and the best thing to stimulate
it is hot applications. Twice in my
life was threatened with black eye.
On the first occasion [ applied raw
beef and other cold applications and
succeeded in producing the blacklist
eye ever saw. On the second occa-
sion got some hot water right away
and bathed the eye for about half an
hour in it. The result was that there
was not the slightest discoloration Wis
ible at any time. These hints are well
worth pasting in the hats of some peo-
pie in Chicago.-Chicago Journal.
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A Mothers Influence.

A boy came in from school a few
days ago and rushing into the sitting
room, held up to his mothers view a
four bladed pocket knife.
"See, mother" he exclaimed, "what
splendid bargain I made at recess to-
day! I traded off twelve marbles
with Willie Bradley for this new
knife"
II hope you didn't cheat" said the
mother as the boy gave chuckle OF
delight over his new treasure.
! He made no reply. The words of
his mother evidently did not carry
much weight with them. After he
had passed out of the room. the moth
er smiled, and said to her visitor,
"That boy is the shrewdest fellow on d
bargain you ever saw. have no fears
as to his making his way in the
world" i
That mother did not think of the
enormity of this sort Of shadow play
ing. The boy is father of the man:
1t was only small beginning of a dis
honest manhood. The facts of the
case. which the mother should have
Immediately inquired into, were these {:
the boy who had driven this sharp bar
gain, had taken advantage of a young
er schoolmate. He had deprecated
the value of the knife, and had over
estimated the value of the marbles
with which he had made the ex-
change. It was clear case of fraudu-
lent dealing, yet the matter was pass
ed over as q trivial circumstance, and
its evil influence left upon the mind of
the young trader. 1t is the large ag-
gregate of little things that make the
sum of character. A mother should
inculcate in the hearts Of her children
the necessity of being honest, not be-
cause it is the best policy, (for Bishop
Whately says that he who is honest be-
cause it is the best policy, is no better
than a rogue,) but because it is right
and Christ commands us to deal justly
with all.
In the first place, a mother must be
strictly honest and just herself. The
friar who preached honesty with a
stolen goose in his sleeve, did not make
much impression upon his audience.
There are some mothers who drive
shreWd bargains in their household
take an advantage of
those whom they employ to do differ
ent kinds of work, and try to get the
better of those with whom they deal.
These examples are not lost upon the
children. They are quick to notice in
Some mothers are care
ess about paying little debts, putting
hem off from one time to another, ne
,essitating great Inconvenience to the
persons whom they owe. What may
eem only a small SUM to the employ
,r, is ortentimes the money for the loaf
hat keeps a poor family from going
hungry. Be very careful about little
hings" in your own character as we'll
IS that of children. Teach them to
leal justly not only in money matters,
'ut in everything that regards the well
are of their companions and they will
re just to their fellowmen in after
ears.
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The cultured young woman is spirit
ual. Loving what God loves, hating
what God hates, reading his thoughts
over after him, in nature, in his Word,
and in her own soul, coming into SYM
pathy with him, this makes of art
living life, and lifts the passions, the
affections and the will into a region of
pureness and joy. Such is the final
fruit of the tree for which all the rest
are given. This is the highest culture,
without which no woman can have
her greatest beauty, or power or joy.
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PERFECT BUTTER.-Prof. l.. B. Ar.
mold, the famous dairy expert, says he
never judged but one sample of butter
which came up to the standard oi
"perfect." The cream for this butter
was raised by intense refrigeration,
and kept thus till enough had accumu-
lated for a churning. 1t was then ri
pened and churned. When properly
granulated the buttermilk was drawn
from the butter, which was then roll
ed and pressed into solid condition
with the least possible working.
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Sage and Singer.

Within an old town by the sea
A wise man and q singer dwslt;
The wise man spoke laboriously,
And taught with pain the truth he felt
The singer scattered everywhere
His careless music to the air.
The wise man and the singer both
Lie now within the churchyard green;
Summer and spring have plighted troth
A hundred years they have not seen
No trace Of their vanished feet
Are in the old, high-gabled street.
And Of the wise mans labored words,
Not one Is now remembered well,
But still, as clearly as spring birds,
The singers simple love songs swell,
And in the old town seem a part
or every home and every heart.
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Not long since England lost by
death one Of the greatest school mas
ters that she has produced, Edward
Thwing. He had the faculty of max
ing men of all honorable and useful
type out of boys who did not seem to
promise much at first. His theory
was that every boy was good for some
thing, and the duty Of the master was
to find out for what he is fit, and to- de-
velop him in that line, and he had
wonderful success. One, motto that
he kept before "his boys" wss: "I
don't want you lads to win dazzling
honors, but I want you to be dazzling
ly honorable"