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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-05-17

The REV. GEO. H. THAYER, of Bourbon
Ind, says: both myself and wife owe our
lives TO SHILoH's CONSUMPTION CURE.
Sold by E. S. Leadbeater & Bro.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-05-17

WILL You SUFFER with Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint2 Shiloh's IiIalizer iS guar
anteed to cure you Sold bS +. 5. Leadbeat-
or & Bro.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-05-17
Death Of an Earl.

LONDON, May 1.-THE Earl of Mains
bury ia dead. He was 81 years old
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-05-17

WHY WILL You cough when Shilohs
Cure will give immediate relief. Price l0cis,
so cts., and 81. Sold by f. S. Leadbeater &
BrO
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-05-17

nss- RELIEF Hook MD LADDER CoaPAHY -
A called meeting of the Relief Hook aud Ladder
Company will be held on 1 MGdaay evening AZ
NIL 2t c. H. PIcKIS Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-05-17

THAT HACKING Couch can be so quickly
cured by Shiloh's Cure. We guarantee It,
Sold by E. 5. Load bealer & Bro.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-05-17

7,z.- At meeting of the City Democratic Com
mttee bold last night it was resolved that ward
meeting be held in the Third ward on Friday
NAV 18th, 1889, at 1870 p. M, to nominate
candidate for the Board Of Aldermen to I'll the
npexpred term of John E. Lambdin at the Rener-
al election to be held Thursday, May ODD, 1Ss'.
The meeting will be held at the old Court House,
Columbus street, between Queen and Princess
my15 st HENRY SHOOT. Chairman.
CTONEWARE-A large invoice of good Stone
y ware just received and for sale at 1Oc per gal
lon by [my1Tl ]. C. MlLBURN.
move BRAND DRIED BEEF received to-day
~ by [my17I J, C. AILBURh,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-05-17
SaYed His Si.l,f.

Mr. A. w Hawkes. About year ago
procured my first pair OF glasses from some
dealer, but they strained my eyes and cans,
ed them to ache. | then bought pair OF
your Crystaizsd Lenses, and the effect has
been wonderful, as proof OF which do not
use any glasses now and see as well as ever.
f. F. DANIEL. NJ. ID.
Ell. Tex. Med Record
All eyes fitted and fit guaranteed by l..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-05-17

All eyes fitted and fit guaranteed by i
Stabler & Co, Alexandria, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-05-17
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Miss S. E. Boyd, teacher ofart in Roanoke
Female College, Danville. died yesterday.
The wife of General John E. Roller, of
Harrisonburg. died Sunday last. after an i'll
ness OF several weeks
The Springdale news., 1889-12-13
HOME DECORATION.
How to Obtain Very Pretty Results from
 Homciy Materials.

pretty design for sash curtains | developed in denim. The curtain aftes it is hemmed at the top and bot. tom should be just the length of the window from is middle to it's lower sash. Trace on a strip Of paper cx actly as long as the width Of the denim the words, "PaH me tight shat cut the l5Eht, and on aaother, 'Fua ac tacI, no sunshine Iac4s. Baste these strips, one on each curtain, abou, ar inch from the bot. tom. The lettering shGu5d be quaint and rustic ia design Almost any fancy store keeps thn rustic alphabct5 now The couptets should then bo couched ia white or=rcd cord. Sew brass rings to the top Of each curtain and suspend them from brass rod These aee pretty for ground floor bed- rooms or djnine-rooms.
 Denim also makes an effective DOT. tiere One lately seen was made of three widths of blue denim-the light side being used for the outside. Al the top and bottom hens of nine and eighteen inches were turned onto the right side and stitched the dark on the light atfording q pretty contrast. To cover tho stitching length of white cotton rope one half inch in diameter should h. couehed. Instead of attaching the portiore to the pole by means of rings and pins yard lengths of rope were used They were sewed at regular intervals to the upper edge; the ends were then thrown over the pole and securely tied, after which they were fringed. If the portiere is to be loopcd bael, rope should be used and the ends fringed to correspond. The portiore could be lined, though the one de- scrihod was unlined and hung in graceful folds. Housewife
The Springdale news., 1889-12-13
ORIENTAL CRUELTY.
an Account of the Ordeal by Boiling Oil
 Practiced in Coyton.

Recently the dist let judge at kalu- ara, in Ceylon, had before him three persons. including village headman, charged with causing grieyous hurt to four others by requiring them to plunge their right hands into cal dron of boiling oil. The medical evi- dence described the hands as being in "a aodden, suppurating condition. the fingers being in some eases de- formed In all cases thc injured per sons were unable to follow their ordi- nary ayocations for about d month
 The facts of the case as stated in the judgment were these: A woman in the village had some plumba9o and rice stolen from her; q headman made inquiry, and failing to obtain elew to the theft, announced that 1t would be necessary on the third day to hold an ordeal by boiling oil. This appears to be not uncommon custom in re- mote parts of the country, anu the formalities are as follows: Some oil from newly gathered king eocoanuts is manufactured by one of the friends of the complainant; this is poured into caldron and heated 10 boiling point Each of the suspected parties is supposed to dip his hand into the vessel of boiling oil and is at liberty to sprinkle as much of the hot oil as he brings up with his fingers on the per son of the complainant, who stands close at hand. Any exclamation of pain on the part of the suspected per son is construed into an admission of guilt. If no such exclamation is made, the innocence of the party is supposed to be established
 In the present case the evidence es- tablishcd that the pressure on the ae- cused was not merely moral; they wero forced to dip their hands into the burning oil. 10 force seems to have been used in bringing them to the scene of the ordeal; they collected there in response to the orders Of tho headman. who. seated on d platform opposite the vessel of oh, appears to have acted as the presiding judge Each of the complainants deposed to the tact that they were reluctant to submit to the ordeal. but were forcibly dragged up to the caldron by the other two accused. and thcir hands plunged into the boiling oil. They had sufficient self-control to abstain from calling out, except a boy of sev- enteen. who cried out lustily, and was
The Springdale news., 1889-12-13
MY MOTHERS HYMN.

My Mothers Hymn! I hear ii now, As through the trees above her home, The night wind whispering soft and low, Like angel music seems to come, And wait upon my ravished ear
 In strains as from the harps of gold, And seraph voices sweet and clear The hymn she sung so oft of old. How many times my hands have pressed Fer her the throbbing organ keys To that dear tune she loved the best, Sweetest of sacred melodies. Ard as I struck Wards wellloved chords, -A faroff look came to her eyes, Her sweet voice trembling through the words How blest the righteous when he dies.n How blest the righteous oh how blest,
 When freed from earthly toll and pain, The spirit leaves the expiring breast,
 With Christ forever more to reign. s' So fades summer cloud away,
 So sinks the gale when storms are o'er;' So sped her soul at close of day,
 To loved ones on the other shore. And when we laid her form away,
 No more to greet our mortal eyes, We sung t. Ward above her clay:
 How best the righteous when he dies" -Essie NJ Howell in Good Housekeeping
The Springdale news., 1889-12-13
PERSONAL AND LITERARY


 Approximations, with twen- tv-one letters, is said tc te the longest English word
 The printers employed in the es. tabllshment where Theodore Roose- velts last book was published struck on lis copy, and he had to have it type-written.
 Walter Scott was the peculiar ob- ject of the late Wilkio Collins wor- ship, and he probably never passed a day without taking up one of the Waverley novels.
 Queen Olga, of Greece. is partieu- larly fond of American literature. She is constant reader of the principal American magazines and newspapers. Her favorite of all authors is Nathaniel Hawthorne.
 It is not generally known that there are in existence some very spir- ited ballads by Lord Maeaulay, which, in accordance with the author wish, have never been published The best of them relates the story of Bosworth field.
 George ". Cable made himself so unpopular by his creole caricatures that the French children of New Or leans used to hoot at him on the streets and pelt him with stones. He was finally compelled to leave the city to escape this iutolerable annoyance.
 As regards the origin Of the char acters in that famous book. Tom Browns Sehoosaays. this letter of Mir Hughes, just come to light, is in- teresting: November ,, 1873. As to the characters, they were none of them taken as portraits. though l hope they are something like living folk. l could not tel you what you ask if 1 wished. but 1 could name dozens of boys know whom 1 had more or less inmind and tried to boil down for the book.
 The cost of the new catalogue ef the Astor library. which has been in preparation for six or seven years, has amounted to about $5y.010, Ii is in four volumes Of one thousand pages each. and is in all Prospects one of the finest catalogues ever made, cmbody- ing, as it does, allthe newest and best ideas of the foremost librarians. Copies of have been sent grataitous- Y to all the large libraries in this country and Europe, and are also of- fcred for salea tho library at so the set
 Miss Juliet Corson k rcmarIla- ble woman. The victim of an incura- ble disease given over by her phy- sicians, oaaivfne the limits of life which they have from time to time prescribed. she keeps ap her literary work. turning out a certain amount of copy each week, and has recently undertal;en#the ed5torship Of house. hold journal. In addition 10 these 1abors she has constantly an ear for the ph.lanthropic projects which touch upon her speciaIty-eoo5inS.
The Springdale news., 1889-12-13
IRISH COAST POVERTY.
How the Peasants of Bantry Bay Get a
 Precarious Living.


 Besides fishing up herring and hake the poor people at the head of Bantry Bay fish up sand. Sand raising. as it is called, is as important an industry as catching fish. This kind of sand, known sometimes as coral sand. is used as farm manure, and costs from $ to 9 shillings boat bad-a poor price considering the toilsome char acter of the work and cost of the boats required to carry it on. A sand-boat costs 50 when new and E year m repair The utmost a boat owner or partner can do in day is to bring to shore two boat loads. The proceeds have to be divided among number of workers. while the working season lasts for q portion of the year only.
 In spite of their lifelong labor from morning to night, in winter and sum mer and in calm and in storm these Crofter fishermen are in state of chronic poverty They do not live by thcir scrappy patches of holdings. They earn with difficulty from the sea. barely enough to buy sleeping room and a foothold on the land
 They even dc more than that; they partly create, with the help of the sea. the very soil for which they pay rent.
 The deposit which they call coral sand they have used to reclaim these shores of rock and bog They have used the seaweed for the same pur- pose. cutting it up from the deep water with primitive machine. which may be described as a marine scYthe. and the seaweed has to be paid for, il not as q separate item, then as included in the holding. Coral sand, seaweed. the refuse of house and pig-sty, and basket loads of soil found among the powders, these are the ingredients out of which, after years of work, the crofter fishermen have produced the tiny green patches which dot innumer- ably the rocky shores and the gray brown sides of the sterile but ineOm- parabty picturesque mountains that surround Glengraiff, the beautiful. And the dwellings of these hard work ing people! They are more fit for the pigs that go gruEting and shouting in and out of them than they are for be- ings created in the image of God. A dry stone box with earthen floor and without windows two or three re- eesses stuffed with straw for beds and the whole filled with peat reek, such is the ordinary type of house where fisherman and his wife live with half a dozen or more children. In one such house which I visited there were seven .hildren. London Daily NewG
The Springdale news., 1889-12-13
HUMOROUS.

-"Gimme ten cents wuff O, flesh eullud court plaster, boss. - M hite or bIack2a Look heah, honey. een,I' man cb color an Fsaware ob dc fac, but don, you % rubin it in. - Time.
 -Sineley-"IIow mDIch you resem- ble your sister, Miss Bjones. would take you for her" Miss Bjones- "W-well, Mr Sin9Iey, this so sudden; but you may ask pa. @-Lawrenee American.
 -'Been saving wood inquired the caller, .Wo than that" panted the bank president, wiping the perspration from his brow and throw ing himself exhausted into a chair. q have been talking to a lady de- positor. Whew.9 Chicago Tribune
 "A woman who gave her husband some zephyr to get matched two days ago on his way home in the evening has lot seen him since. As there arc only forty-Gve stores in town where zephyr k sold. she thinks t is about time he returned home -Norristown Herald.
 A good invention. Edison has a new invention whereby you can see man face miles away said smith. Mrs Smith -"Oh, how nice. James. you will buy one won't yoa2 You can then stay in at nights and still see tho man. n-American Commercial Traveller.
 Single Gentleman "Have you any marriageab}e daughtcrss' s' Land- lady-"Two lovely creatures - one lovely blonde and - Single Gentle man Excuse me, madam. make it rule never to board in a house un- less the landiady's daughters are mar ried. Good morning. .'-Texas Sift- ings.
 -"Did you use your French while you Were in Paris2' asked young woman of a friend who had just re- turned from d European tone. ..Onee or twice-but it was embarrassing. ''Why?1 We nearly always had to tell what We wanted in English before We could get any one to understand us. '-Merchant Traveller.
 Boy (hurriedly) Gimme a bott'o of Dr. Quacker's cough sirup. Mr. Squills." squills-.'A dollar and a quarter please. Boy (reproachfully) Say. This ain't fora customer; it's for Mr Menthol on the corner. I'm the boy in his drug store. Squils- "Oh, excuse me! thought you were the public. Thirty-fve cents, please" Lowell Citizen.
 Mrs. Jason-"It really is pity that the papers have to devote so much space to scandal Mr. Jason Tt is, indeed. By the way, did you see any thing in the paper about Wic'lwire leaving town the other day with a married woman?" Mrs. Jason -"No! Tell me about it, quick Who was she?o Mr. Jason-"His wifa"- Ierre Hante Express.
The Springdale news., 1889-12-13
FLORAL DECORATIONS.
How to Make House Look at It's Best
 for Weddings aad Parties.


 for Weddings aad Partses.
 It is truly amazing to know the amount that is spent for floral deco rations every year. During the pres ent season flower weddings" are the correct thing and are as pretty as they are novel. One bride. whose name was Lilly, had the whole house decorated with lily ot the valley. Another, whose name was Rose. used roses for the decorations. Pansies, with their almost human faces, make very effective decorations.
 The old-time wedding bell has been done away with and the umbrella, wishbone, four-leaf clover and other new designs have taken it's place. Among the latest things are found the portieres, which are formed of dozens of ropes of smitax, dotted here and there with ro5ebuds. A canopy of smilax makes q most effective and simple bower of green.
 Large balls, suspended by almost in- visible wires, are as odd as they are pretty. The frame is composed of wire and filled with wet moss; then it is filled as any other design is. Ferns and scarlet flowers are especially pret- ty for such a design.
 A pretty idea is to decorate house throughout with the same color; for instance, yellow or pink. Roses, car nations and other flowers of the same shade are used. White can be used with any color and plenty of ferns, smiIax and other green.
 At a pretty wedding that occurred in November when flowers were scarce and high. the decorations were mostly of arbor yitse and the red, bit was festooned with ropes ofarbor vitaa, dotted here and there with the bitter-sweet. In the parlors there were ropes of green and q canopy of smilaX, under which hung four-leaf clover design. Bouquets of roses and carnations were scattered here and there.
 An applc-blossom wedding, where the entire decorations were the sweet scented apple blossoms, was truly pretty scene Field daisies used for designs banks, bouquets and baskets make lovely decorations. Fancy shells filled with moss and flowers aud an occasional fern make the most graceful and effective decorations. All sorts of odd shapes can be used. and where they will not hold water very well, fill with wet sand before putting in the flowers. Nastartiums are especially pretty for decorating house and will last so long. They can be grown in water all winter. OF in earth, and their foliage is so grace fal. Sweet peas and mienonette are particularly pretty in q slender, glass Vase. Rose-bowls or jars of blocked glass are much in vogue now. and can be found in all styles and sizes.
 Mantels should be banked with flow CTS. Too many flowers can not be used when they harmonize and are tastily arranged
 At a recent wedding reception that was given by bride who haG every thing that love OF money could buy. it was noticed that the house was deco rated with garden flowers. The parlor was made fragrant with slender vases and rose-bowls. filled with sweet peas, and the dining-room was gorgeous with the many colored nasturtiums.-Carrie May Ashton, in Farm and Preside.
The Springdale news., 1889-12-13

with Q girl whose sphere was so far from mine?
 She--So fa- from yoursP do not understand you.
 He-No? That is why I avoided you.
 She-Philip' Surely you don't think 1 am one of those miserable women who play with men's hearts? Surely you don't doubt me? No, you can not believe me so bad? l did not seek to make you fall in love with me. l wanted your friendship.
 He-No. 1 never doubted you, and now l know the truth?
 She-What truth?
 He-Can you not see that through our friendship 1 looked forward and saw that some day it must all end? If 1 had had a name-any thing that would have balanced your position--I might have dreamed of no end But l should have kept away from you.
 She-Kept away from me, What would l have done without you? You don't know how much happiness 1 have had in these two years-how peaceful. how content, 1 have been, feeling that in this miserable world one man seemed to be so worthy of my confidence.
 He-If I have given you happiness 1 ann happy.
 She-I would not have made you stay tonight, but l could bear it no longer. Three months without one little tete-a-tete. All these dreary weeks, and not a grasp of your hand. hardly sound of your voice. Some evenings l have felt that I would give all the world if you would walk in at the door and sit down beside nc as you used to do.
 He-And l would have given all the world to have been with you.
 She-How could you pay so much attention to that other.
 He-I did not. But what did it mat ter?
 She-lt was reflection upon my taste But you5will come back to me just as you were, won't you?
 He-If you wish to be kind, tell me not to come
 She-You do not wish to come?
 He-Yes, 1 do. Edith, can you not see that my friendship has long ago ripened into love? am jealous; suffer from every glance. every smile you give to other men, l have notbinr to offer you save an allegiance. Some day, perhaps, may be able to offer you name that is known; perhaps our positions may be more equal. But it will be death to me when that other comes and wins you from me.
 Shelf 1 insist
 He-l can not refuse. But be kind Give me your hand, say God bless youa and let me go.
 she-Stay moment If tell you something secret--ff l tell you that a year almost ago papa came to me one night and talked to me, and told l had guessed alright and-you were to ask me to be your wife-and if Iloved you very dearly he thought l might say-"Yes. a
 He-And do you love me very dearly?
 Shelly darling, how the storm rages-but it is peaceful here is it not?-Peter Robertson, in the Argo- naut
The Springdale news., 1889-12-13

thereupon pronounced the guilty one. The judge took the fac- tGat it was q custom into account. but refused to dismiss the prisoners with a warning as suggested by their counsel He fined them one hundred rupees each, with the alternative of rigorous inn prisonment for ten months.-London Times
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-11-30
Scabby Legs.

Many complain of having fowls ai.
6icted with rough or scabby legs.
This 10 hardly ever seen on poultry in
a we'll kept establishment Its cause.
l am satisfied. is from neglected. un-
kept houses. where the platform under
the roost is allowed to get loaded with
droppings several inches deep. and the
floors are never cleaned up or the soil
renewed, and too often from the intro
duction Of fowls from other houses
where It has been allowed to get q
fOothold. for II not looked after and
stopped at the beginning it will soon
go through the lock. To be
FREQ from it. the houses must
be kept clean and sweet in
every particular. both by whitewash-
ing and daily cleaning Of the drop.
pings from the roost Rake the ground
over at least once q week. to take up
the accumulation of feathers and ma
nure and bring fresh soil to the sur
face. Saturate the roost with crude
petroleum. and apply tho same thor
oughly and often to the legs OF the
afflicted fowls. Do not keep fowls over
one laying season. unless they are
choice ones for breeding, for they are
much more liable to get diseases OF
different kinds. especially this one Of
scabby legA-Poultry World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-11-30
Fall Colts and Calves.

For growing stock grass 10 roc
ognized as one Of the cheapest and
best of feeds. Not that it IL In all
cases q complete food. but during the
growing season it can be used to good
advantage as principal food. And in
the management of the farm stock 1t is
quite an item to get the largest amount
OF benefit from the grass, either by
pasturipg or soiling.
Calves and &C It's. in the first few
months OF thet. existence. must de-
pend almost. il not wholly. upon milk.
1t matters little during this time to
them. ut least, whether their dams are
pastured upon grass or are fed hay and
grain in tho stable. provided the guam
,ity and quality are such as to enable
them to furnish full supply Of milk.
Bus whom they are ready to wesa then