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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-30
What is sweeter than roses
On the cheeks of those we love,
And the lily of health that's glowing

Or the stately and fragrant lilies
Whose bells ring summer tuner
All SweeteT the roses blowing
On the cheeks of those we love,
And the lily of health that's glowing
The cheeks red rose above.
But how soon the lily and the rose wither in
the faces of our American women. Why is it?
Simply because so many of them are victims of
weaknesses, irregularities and functional de-
rangements incidental to the sex. If they would
use DR.. Pierces Fayorite Prescription all these
beauty and Notwithstanding ailments might be
warded off, and we would hear less about women
''crrOwino old before their
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-30

To regulate the stomach, liver and bowels, Dr.
PierceS Pallets excel. One dose.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-30

Have you ever tried Dobbins' Electric Soapf
1t don't cost much for you to get bar of your
grocer, and see for yourself why it is praised by
80 mdny, after "a years steady sale. Be sure to
get no imitation. There lots of them. xs.s4s.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-30

DR.. Agnew says that healthy woman can kill
herself in about year by horseback riding, and
all other physicians would probably agree
with him if they didn't want patients.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-30
CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER III.
I must make mention of a REGULARITY
in my habits to which I have been subject
from my earliest remembrance. I am g.
somnambulist. 1t is not my purpose to
enter into any discussion of this fruitful
theme; [ am simply recording those facts
which bear relation to my strange story.
Often in my youthful days was I fol-
lowed by my nurse and relatives in the
night, while I was walking in my sleep,
and carefully watched, in order that I
should not come to harm. My wanderings
were generally OF harmless KIND, ana
sometimes afforded merriment, as on &C.
casions when I made my way to the larder
and helped myself to the good things de-
posted there. But there was one occasion
when they took a more serious turn.
I slept on the second floor of a semi-de-
tached house. In. the adjoining house re-
sided mana widower when l first be-
came acquainted with him-with little
daughter, between whom and myself some
innocent love making took place. The
father Of this little girl, whose name was
Elsie, married again, and the step-mother
was not kind to the child. Indeed, when
the father was absent from home Elsie
was cruelty treated by this woman, and
uStu " uSotI lIlS CI1GS GuIOuSu tuS w ali
which divided the two houses. Elsie slept
also on the second floor, in the room adj
joining mine, and when she was beaten in
the night l could hear her appeals for
mercy very clearly. These sounds greatly
distressed me, and my child-mind was ex
ercised as TO the means by which I could
rescue my little sweetheart from the tor
ture to which she was subjected. On one
occasion business took the father from his
home for two or three weeks. and during
this time Elsie's undeserved punishment
i was sure it was undeseryed-was
sharper, and more frequently admins
tered. She showed me the marks of the
blows on her skin, and 1 remember crying
excitedly:
II will kill her! I will kill herr'
I remember also Elsie's grave reply to
the effect that it was very, very wrong to
kill people, because, as she illogically add
ed, you would get hanged for it. The kill
ing business was therefore set aside, the
consequences being too awful to contem-
plate, and we decided instead that we
would run away tomorrow when the
clock struck twelve. Where we should
run to was not decided; why we should
take our flight in broad daylight was not
explained; how we should exist was not
considered. We were placidly satisfied
that the mere fact of running away when
the clock struck twelve would be a crush
ing blow to the hard-hearted step-mother,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-30

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-23
|RsRRSs;

CANC-.s Or :1,HH TO9GUE.
tof ti-co or four years -.a,. a.. eating ro-con
m tongue IT made considerable holc in it.
1becamo lcrned at its progress, and vent to
Atanie 4os truatnent. The resul. wa- that I
commenced to c2o Of Swift'c Speciic, and the
sore was eoon gone, without q trace OF it left.
Thomastcn, &C., !lcrs ID, 80. :. A. LEWIS.
Treatise Il Caoccs G1ailcd free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga
r lust RECEIVED-Coudrays French Sachet
eJ Powders-White Rose, Violet and Heliotrope.
ERNEST L. ALLEN,
ie19 Corne- King and Pitt streets
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-23

SENATOR VANCE AND HIS W1FE's RE
LIGIoN-Senator Vancs's first wife was 0
Presby yterian and quite activei in church work.
Some years ago he married for the second
time, and got wife who is e Roman Catho.
lic One of Zsb's Presbyterian friends in
North Carolina said to him recently: 81
hear your new wife is Catholic. How in
the name of common sense did you come to
marry a Romauist? 1t caused much sorrow
in the church" "Well," said Zsb, II have
tried rum aud rebellion, and l thought /
would like to try Romanism."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-23

HARDWARE, CUTLERY, &C., for the country
Ill trade, at 329 King, corner Of Royal street
Alexandria Va.-We have just received at the
above number very large and generalstock OF
goods in our line to which we invite the attention
of purchasers, both wholesale and retail. 1t will
pay you to examine our stock before making you,
purchases its costs nothing to try. We make spe.
Pocket Knives, Locks, Hinges, &C., Selves and
other desirable goods. On hand English and
American scythes, snaths, Rakes, scythe Stones
Grass Hooks, Hoes, Forks, &C., at extremely
low prices. Call and SEQ at 329 King street.
my7 ]. T. CREIGHTON & SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-23
PROPOSALS.
. oPOSALs.

"a ALEXANDRIA, Va, October 21, 1889.
Sealed proposals will be received up to the 3Oth
instant from the grocers of the city for supplying
the poor Of the different wsrds W th the following:
Good Extra Flour per pound,
Sound Bolted Corn Meal per peck.
Good Coffee (roasted) per pound.
Good Tea per ounce.
Extra c Sugar per pound.
Sound Smoked Bacon per pound.
Good sound Fish per dozen.
For three months from Decem Der i, 1889, With
privilege of renewing after the exprstion of above
contract.
Bids will be opened at the Auditors Office Wed.
ncsday October 80, 1889, at o'clock p m
Notice is given that bids on an inferior grade of
the above articles will not be considered. The
committee reserve tho right to reject any and all
bids, and upon any failure OF the contractor to
give satisfaction to cancel the contract.
By order of tho Committee on Poor.
oct21 I'd Up, 7. BUI KE, Chai man.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-23
KAUF Nj a NJ,
AUCTION SALES.
N,RUsTEEs' SALE OF REAL ESTATE
COR. KING AND ROYAL SITS
oct1S 3n

By virtue of deed of trust from Rosalio NJ.
Bradford and her husband, John s. Bradford to
the undersigned as trustees to secure The payment
of note of said Rosslie NJ. Bradford to John Bull
of 1925 with interest from February s. 1888,
no part of which has been paid, which deed of
trust is dated February 8, 1883, and recorded in
liber F, No. A. at folio 900 of the land records of
Alexandria county, will, as such trustees. sell
at public auction in front of the premises at four
o'clock p. m. on tho TWENTY-FOURTH DAY
OF OCTOBER, 1889, the folio wing described
property; to wit:
CERTAIN REAL ESTATE in the county OF
Alexandria, Va, known as LOT NO. 4 of tho sub.
division of the estate of the late Richard B. Lloyd
called "ROCK HILL" C ntaining three acres and
thirty poles, moro ar less, and moro particularly
described in the said decd of trust. Terms ash.
GEO 81. P. WHITE, n-.....
oct12 is HENRY NJ. BAKEB, ilus'ecs'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-23
PROPOSALS.

ALEXANDRIA, VA, October 21, 1885,
Sealed proposals will be received up to the 3Oth
instant, at 8 o'clock p. NJ for furnishing ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY CORDS (more or less)
OF MERCHANTABLE PINE WOOD, to be de-
livered to the poor of tho city as ordered and in
quantities not greater than one quarter "a Of a
cord.
The wood is to be delivered during the period
from the 10Th of December, 1889, to the 10th Of
March, $780,
Bids should be addressed to the undersigned
and will be o;cned al the Auditors Office We'd
nesday, October 30 1889, at 8 p. m.
The committee reserve the right to reject any
and all bids, and upon any failure of the contrac
tor to give satisfaction to cancel the contract.
By order Of the Committee on Poor.
oct21 I'd N. P T. BURKE, Chairman
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-23
BOOTS AND SHOES.
We Will Make Rome Howl !!

Mems Heavy Kip Boots at 81 SO at Kaufman's.
Mems Pegged Calf Boots at SO at Kaufmsn's.
Mems Heavy Kip Shoes at S1.19 at Kauimana.
Mems Congress CATERS, good quality at S1.33 at
Kaufmans.
Mems Stitch Dorras good in every way, at 33c at
Kaufmans.
Boys Kip Boots, the best in the market at s9c at
Kaufmaus Boys School Shoes, soiled, at 73c at
Kaufmans Ladies' Sowed and Pcgged Shoes at
79c Mt Kaufmans Ladies' Double-tipped Button
Shoes at 81 10 at Kaufmans; Glove, Canvas and
Laco Shoes for old ladies at 81 % at Kaufman's
Mems Split Boots long lega, at 81 81 at Kauf-
mans; Misses Grain Tipped Button Shoes at 92c
at Kaufman's; Children's Grain Heelcd and
Spring Heeled Shoes at SO and 69c at Kaufman's;
Jaffa Shoes at 25c at Kaufman's; Cbldren's Bed
top Boots at 73c at Kaufmsn's. All fresh goods,
Just bought from Philadelphia house retiring
from business. We bought the entire stock, val
ued at $14 900, at our own figures, and will run
them off as quickly as possible.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-23
EoR RENT.
THIRTY ACRES OF LAND,

lying Immediately in front of the Theological
Seminary, adjoining tho farm Of VIM. Cleaveland.
Apply at this Office. sep15 tt
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BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
AT
French s, 417 & 411e King St.

Another lot of the EDISON MIMEoaRAPH,
the great labor. saving device, 1t will savc hun
dreds of dollars annually in printers bills. 5000
tice required to produce the best results. Every
business man should have one Call and examine.
Manila Papers. all sizes and weights; Paper
Bags Printing Paper Wood Toothpicks by tho
case.
Everything in fine Stationery, American and
Foreign.
Blank Books, the best assortment in the State
and cheapest.
Commercial Stationery Bill and Letter Heads,
Statements, Letter and Cap Paper, Letter and In
voice Books and Files Lead Pencils of every class,
a hundred styles.
Checks, Noes aud Drafts, and every ything else.
oct17 G. E. FRENCH.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-23
MEDICINAL.
sHIrl CANCER.

Several years ago I lic- called to see a colored
woman who had : malignant form of cancer on
her foot. The cancer grew worse under the pre-
scribcd treatment, crd the toes and one-idc Of
the foot wcrc It length c:ten entirely cway. The
patien. could .lot have aurvivcC much longer,
but commenced the use of Swift Specific,
and it cured be. sound we'll That c5aS three
years ago, and there has been no return of the
disease. regard Gy.ift's Specific . most excel
lent medicine for bloo; diseases, as its tendency
is TO drive ont tx poison.
Matheryillc, Miss. WIN. E. STAGG, Md
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ALEXANDRIA VA. WEDNESDAY EVENING OCTOBER 49, 1889
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resolutions adopted by societies persons, unless OF
public concern, will only be printed i'll this paper as
advertisements.
Persons leaving the city have the GAZETTE mailed
TO them, postpaid, for fifty cents u month. and the
address changed as often rs desired.
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Exchange. Advertisements, orders for the paper,
news or any information business can be sent by
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second class matter.
, 1889-07-24

AuACAbCds V0 uCuE CV0tY u0l Va
nations spending millions in wars and
expeditions to gain some poisonous
strip of the African coast-line, to
seize an island about as big as Skye
in the Pacific, or to keep or extend
their influence over some insignif-
cant Asia,ic Prince, whose possessions
consist of the already thickly peopled
and malarious delta Of some tropical
river. At this moment, Germany is
showing herself content to spend her
resources, usually SO carefully hus-
banded, in order to gain o fragment
of the Zanzibar coast, while France
but a year or two ago plunged into
endless complications for wider pos
sessions in Cochin China. Yet the
lands Of the Argentine Republic,
which are being gained, it not nomi-
mally, yet actually, tor Italy without
trouble or expense on her part, and
merely by the overspill OF her popula-
ton, are among the most valuable in
the world. Imagine a quarter Of
81 million square miles of t~reeleSs
plain, with a deep and rich %nlIuvial
soil covered with long grass, an9
with here and there clumps of gigan-
tic thiStlcs. Such is the huge Valley
of the Parana and its afanents, which
constitutes more than half the areA of
the Argentine Republic. Remember,
too, that the climate is one Of the
best in the WorId,-So temperate Iha!
men of European race car live mud
work in ii without injury; SO gent
al that it will produce almost every
conceivable fruit of the earth. Al
ready the vines and appIe-trees whirh
have been imported from Europe
and escaped, form huge Tickets ia
many Of the uninhabited parts OF the
country, and provide food for the
wandering Indians; who thus unwif-
tingIy have made their first acqunimt-
ance with civilization. And what is
as important as atempprate cIimaIe"nd
a rich soil, the settler need not brenk
his heart in the effort to subdue the
primeyal forest. The land is ready
cleared waiting for the plough, md
will yield crop on crop to those whu
take the trouble To scratch the sur
face. The Egyptian Delta has bee"
represented as a miracle Of fertility
but in ruth it cannot for a mOment
compare with the great river plains
of the Plate, where no annual over
flow is required as a necessary condi-
ton Of existence, and where the sun
is not for half the year the very enc
my of the human race. Without q
doubt, the Italians il they secure the
Argentine Republic for themselves,
though they are the last of the colonis-
ing races, wiIInothaye faredthe worst.
Of the half-million square miles it con
tains, hall is fertile beyond any land
on the face of the earth, and of the
rest, only half is barren. In other
words, q country as big as ten Eng-
lands, and capable of holding easily q
hundred MILLIONS of people, seems, to E
be destined to fall to the lot of Italy.
But though the prize is so rich, it can
not be said that the race which has
given the arts to the modern world
, 1889-07-24
The Italians and the Republic
of the Plate.

OODlCG tCAObsbEVbDAOO sAA0AA IH CEO NON'OS
of italian colonisation. While Signor
Crispi, supported by the most vigor.
u and determined section of the
nation, has poured Out blood and
treasure on the African coast Of the
Red Sen almost without result, the
humblest Of bis cOuntrymen have
been silently, but none the less surely,
taking possession of what is unques-
tionsbly one of the richest and most
fertile portions of the globe. Italy
has been struggling for the barest
foothoId at Massowah, and after four
years OF fighting has only succeeded
in possessing herself of as much
ground as can be covered by the
rifles Of her soldiers, but her subjects
have been pouring unchecked into
the great alIuvial plains of temperate
South America, and converting the
Argentine Republic, by a process far
easier and far more secure than
conquest, into an Italian State. The
Republic may remain Spanish in
name and outward appearance, but
nothing can possibly prevent its pop
ulatiOn from ultimately becoming ell
tirely Italianised. just rs the Hollan-
ders of New York, the French of New
Orleans, and the SpaniarIs Of Texas
and California, have become or are
fast becoming lost IN the English
race, which though not the first, has
proved the strongest in the field, so
the Spaniards of the Plate are des-
tined TO be enguIfed and absorbed
by settlers from Naples, Tuscany, and
VenetiO.
The facts as to the yearly increas-
ing stream of Italian immigration are
slrikingIy set forth in one of the new
Consular Rtports,-a series Of extra
ordinary vnriety, embracing as it
does every subject of human interest,
Notwithstanding in Frosty Weather"
to "The Plum Crop in Bosnia" Mr..
Jenner, in his communications to the
Foreign Office, gives the facts with
out any attempt TO draw conclusions,
aud with a praiseworthy desire to
mnderState his case. Yet for all that,
tile statistics he provides point to
only one conclusion,-that which we
have Just described. During the last
ibirty-lhree years, about a million
and a half immigrants have reached
the Argentine Provinces. Of these,
65.25 per cent. are officially sci down
rs Italians. The figures, however,
do not sufficiently indicate their real
preponderance. In the first place, a
fourth of the total immigrants are not
classified except as entering the State
by way of Monte Video, whore it is
very commo for transshipments of
passengers from Europe to take place.
Probably if the Monte Video returns
were analysed, the percentage of
Italians would work out as not less
than Is per cent. of the whole. But
there is another and still more i'm
portant fact to be borne in mind.
The Italians in South America in
crease with remarkable rapidits, the
marriages made between them and
the natives proving peculiarly fruitful
a circumstances not observed in
, 1889-07-24

that in a very few years the italian
isaiiOn of the Valley of the Plate will
be complete The only fact that
tells against such a supposition is
The newly adopted immigration poll
cy of the Argentine Government,
which has lately instructed its agents
in Europe to do all in their power to
attract immigration from among the
Northern races. The danger of
being swamped by the most vigorous
of the Latin peoples is fully realised
at Buenos Ayres, and considerable
numbers of BeIgians, HOllanders,
North Germans, and Swedes have
already been attracted by almost tree
passages and generous grants Of land.
We doubt, however, the continued
success of such a policy. Emigra-
ton flows with difficulty in new chan
nels. The German who desires TO
leave the Farherland will infinitely
prefer the United States, where
he will find three million country
men already settled. 10 a land
where as yet only fifteen thou
sand persons of his race have chosen
to make their homes, / he same in
fluences will work against an influx
of Belgians and Swedes, except when
recourse is had to inducements too
heavy to be long maintained. The
Italians, ON the other hand, are al
ready accustomed to come 10 the
Plate, are specially attracted by the
large number of their countrYmen
now living there, and are, therefore,
certain to continue their influx.
Again, French immigration, which up
till now has ranked high in numbers
constituting 10 per cent, OF the
total-and has done something to
counterfeit the influence of The Ita!i-
ans, is apparently about to a ;
for the Projects of the Departments
have, it is reported, received Instruc-
tons from Pals which are tantamount
to "a prohibition of emigration to the
Argentine Republic. In view of these
facts, we can hardly doubt that at
the end of the next ten yrarS-when
it is calculated that two millions more
immigrants will have reached the Re-
public, and when It's population will
be about, seven miIlion>-the Italian
race will be in an overwhelming ma
jority. The closing of the United
States to Englishmen, 1rl~hmrn, and
Germans, and a consequent rebound
of emigration on South America, is
the only circumstance which could
prevent such a result, but il need not
be entertained as "a practical question.
Theend of the century, then, will, in all
human probability, see a powerful and
populOus Italian State, mainly peo-
pied by men of Italian ace, possess
ing an Italian civilization, occupying
the natural trading centre of one-halt
of the New World, and dominating
the whole of the South Atlantic sea-
board. Even Spanish Incidence and
Spanish indifference have not pre-.
vented South. American commerce
from taking foremost position in
the world. What results then may
we not look for when Italian ingenui.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-06-26
A. A. GIBSON, HOPE, ARK.

It hes been clearly demonstrated that factories will pay well. They will build up our town and county every way-add to our wealth and population. give the farmers q better market and employ our idle labor. Take stock in enterprises on foot and move forward.
 Col. w. r. Steele and others re- quest us to call a meeting of all sur viving soldiers of the late war. and others interested. at the Court House here. on Monday the lst of July, to select delegates to attend the meet ing at Little Rock on July 4th, to organize d soldiers home. Come out to the meeting. See call else where.
 The school board have selected the following teachers for the next term of our public graded school here, to open in September, so we learn from one of the board: Prof. T. J. Crawford, principal, in charge of Sth grade; Mrs. T. J. Crawford, 7th grade Mrs. Ella McRae, 9th and 9th grades for the other grades, Misses Mary Cheatham. Corrie Ans ley and Ella Arnold.
 Saturday the contract for building the 80 foot span iron bridge over the Carouse creek, was let by the County Judge. to the Missouri Val ley Bridge Co.,, of St. Louis. It is to be completed by October 22d, next, at S2,20O, in three equal pay ments, one at time finished, one a year later and another in two years. This bridge will greatly benefit Pres colt and the county.
 OrR CRcrLArIoN.-Personally ap- Deared before me, Notary Public for Nevada county, duly commis- stoned and acting, J. w. Gardner, editor and publisher of the NEVADA CorNTY PICAYUNE who, being duly sworn says that he publishes 42 qures-lO08 copies of said paper weekly.
 rL.s. W. V. ToMrKINs. N. P.
 Prescott May 90, 1889.