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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-12-30

6,gp1srMAs CELEBRATIoNs.-In On ISL
- -, cnsrpe O: Mr.. F. G. Rogers. a5
. ~ tho most interesting ever held 10 this
- IRA exarcisea were held IN the church,
= bi.h vag testetuliy decorated. aud the giiia
r,hntad were numerous and appropriate
no naetov. 2av. 1. NJ Mercer, was the r.
,,.,,ia.,f a, a handsome olccz ard the SUP.
H. ar.iort Mr. Joseph z. Rodgers, "Fs , 'n.
saets! viii! beautiful plush focA.ns sha
~. irp the distribution Of the preseu,7 .no
- If t.7a orgsn!st. Mr.. VIC. Sss:nei', WEI
,..t,oa and chat gentlemen Te5pcnueu ".
- noi,o n ihs pulpit, where he was hanc-
- - ~ ordinsrv dill box, which upon osing
,,,,a,,.l; ,vss Mun3 10 contain g crisnt' neT
5iE,,lIs.,agje. The ynung MAD Gays &c never
80, nil with more chesrtulness In Die ne
- ms, he i ever ready TO taka SIM az oos's'
~, c,hu,n, v7ss crowded so lss u Aase ga
.l.ci,y mi Il! gghc attended saw and hes'u
90 p1o ~ y~ens on. The singing was undss
90 Gi-ec,ien of Mr. Joseph Rodgers SO suo
a., TflIIa Nails presided at the piano. ihe
ii, -. nyeic, rendered by Pfof. geo;
ia-o.stus5f.. lst Garnet Richard O%en9, u
ccr,.st. Won. ORe8s, also, and Henry (.
Ms baritone, was h!Shly spkr ciateG' .ne
r,,,s,s,tta. "Tae Mai In tbs Forest" De!aH
e., aci"ltv good. AdGrAsse o. were naIo
~ ii Mercer. Of itis CITY, ana D paw;
= ahack o., Of Crrzer Theological semi
nnrv Altogether tho afiaif Sss most gu
jogabe ~ =, 6, Msrv,s
rucday school; took pace az 'oe SoOAi.s
!,eceue1 bal! yesterday at p. m; tDs a4-
,5i.ocr consisted cf R5V. u. Ohsne, >; ),
me. teachers and pupis ofthe Sunday school
"a nsreuIs aud f,iepds Of the pupils. 10
ma credit Of the two huadsed and fifty pu'
nil, rL', sssgmbled, aud to the young gentlemen
If the Irceum wbo scted as ushers, stage
managers and distributors of candy, ie must
~ said that the perfect quiet and order was
d,iiabt fo All present. The programme
coas,sltd CHIEFLY OF recitaticns, ins;tume sts
iai music and tsb!esux. Sauta Claus with
g,i Wit and sprigbtly reindeer mads
Dieaty of fun for the appreciative audience.
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....n1sn,.s COMBINATIONS TIE o. ST.

Far this sectioa warmer, fsir weatso vines
,.,:ring to southerly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-12-30

For aa;e by E S. Lssisesser & Bro.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-12-30
DRY GOODS.
NOODN ARD { L0THR0P

ROODH ARD I LUl'RKljP
Tuesday, Dec. 20, 1890
aw Closed I'LL Day New
Years.
Only TWO DAYS left before
taking inventory. Sale was begun
Monday morning and will be con-
tinued until 6 p. m. Wednesday,
when we shall take stock. Bear in
mind that the goods offered are
broken lines, odd sizes, &C., Of
New & SeaSOnable Merchandise
We want to close them out and have
marked them accordingly.
remnants of black La Tocca Net
Flcuncing, in n to 3ysrd lengths.
ii rs and go. Former price 81. so and So
Also D Dress Patterns Of black Drapery
Net in figures and strirea Cleft over from
Christmas) 8 yard lengths.
Price S. &c. and $40 per ptttern.-
First floor, second anne1.)
GREAT REDUCTION SALE OF BLACK DRESS
GOODS AND DRESS ROBES.
AZ inch Black and White Striped Mohair.
SOC per yard. Former price 62lb -
44-inch Black English Serge, with or
without border.
81 % per I'd. Former price $1.5O.-
DBE3s ROBES.
2Combnation Robes of Plain and Strip.
cd Closh in black and white.
$50 Zach. Former price So
First Il jor, second annex
Twenty nine psira Nous Two button
White Kid Gloves.
SOC. Former price SIPS
Three psirs Ladies 5 button Pinked-
wrist Kid Gloves, in T,ns and Grays.
81. Former price 81. So
The mice found their way into cur
Glove Cabinet and cub tho iugers OF some
and tops OF others. We offer them at
greatly reduced prices.
First floor, 18th st. building.)
pairs of Ladies' Fancy Colo.od L;s!o-
thread Hose-sightly soiled.
-Marked down to 50c.-
is pairs of Ladies Black and Fancy
Colorod Lislo Thread Hoso-slightly
soiled.
Marked down TO 3 for ST.
pairs of Ladies Fancy Colored Cotton
Hose-slightly soilod.
-Marked down to 25.-
First floor, 81 snnex.)
Several Odd Lengths in Cashmere,
Honrietts, Serge aud Ladies' Cloth.
-Maraci down to 75c-
somo Hosvy- weight Scotch Cloths in
Plain, Strips, and Mixtures; Sc inches
wiie
81 per yard. Former prices So so and So
(Tir5t floor, 10Th st. extension.
On Tuesday morning We will mai an
effort to close out tho balance of cur
stock of Boys Ovorconts.
Boys Chez lot and Chinchilla Overcoa's
Sizes 8, 10, -, and II years.
SIS. Former price Sc $780,
(Thid floor 10.h st. oxtension)
Gr G00Da DELIVERED IN ALEX
ANDRIA
WOODWARD E. LoTHIR0P
CORNER 11th AND STgEEr S II. ~,
WASHINGTON, D. q.
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Curtains and Portieres

Table Cevers-These are specially rich and
choice this season, and make handsome presents.
Lace Curtains from So to S7-all new and very
cheap. Special bargain in Chenei1e Portieres at
SIS so. Fine Table Covers
Nothing make moro acceptable presents than
FINE BLANKETS These we present in una
sual variety and specially choice. The best brands
Of California and Minnesota goods at prices from
81 so to S15.
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Fine Saline and Elder
Down Comforts.

MUFFs, FURs, FUR oAPEs in Hare, Coney,
French Seal Wool, Seal and Astrachsn Muffs in
Hare, Coney, Wool, Seal, Astrachsn, &c.
CLOAKs, JACKETS, &c.
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TAILORING DEPARTMENT
mako
o;twove patterns prcef $3 ov:coaa
prccsS2s land
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CHATTANOOGA TENN, March 81, 1890
Radam' Micro6e Killer Co.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-30
Making Tobacco Harmless.

Very few smokers realize the extent of
the damage done to the mouth, heart and
neves by tobacco says n well known
physician in the Philadelphia Inquirer
who had lust returned from the Berlin
medical congress. when in Europe
learned a simple and effective method Of
rendering tobacco entirely harmless with
out destroying lis aroma. The me h0d
was discovered by Dr. Gautrelet Of Vichy,
and it should be regarded as a priceless
boon to smokers. 1t consists of a small
piece OF cotton wool steepe,. IN ) or 10
per cent. solution cf pyrogalic acid, insert
ed in pipe or cigar holder. This will
neutralize any possible i'll effects Of the
nicotine. In this way not only may the
generally admitted evils Of smoking be
overcome. but eirroSts of the liver, which
il sometimes caused by tobacco, and the
lighter effects Of over indulgence, such a.
headache and Turing OF the tongue, may
be avoided. Citric acid, which was recon-
mended by Nigier for the same purpose,
has the serious disadvantage of spelling
the taste Of the tobacco
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-30
GRIM Il.

The American jewelry thieves who have
been operating in London, had confeder-
ates in New York, who handled the stolen
goods for them.
CHARLES w. ROBINSON, the well-known
stock broker who has been doing business
through John Stetson's banking house in
Boston, is self confessed forger The
amount will not fall short of SS50O0.
A SON of William Swader, prosperous
farmer of Adams Corners, Mich, has been
placed in Jail, charged with the murder
of his father. The young man had the
idea that Il portion of the property would
become his should the fatL-r die without
a will.
A TERRIBLE crime was committed We'd
nesdas night at DeS PLANES, little
village several miles west of Chicago.
Michael Brasell, one of the oldest and best
known residents, was found lying in his
yard with his skull split open with an
axe. His pockets had been slit with a
knife and all his valuables extracted,
showing that the motives of the assailants
was robbery. A large posse of citizens
are searching for the murderers, who are
supposed to be three trampS who had been
seen around the village for several days.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-30
WASHING TON.

SECRETARY WINDOW says he will exc
cute the tariff law as he finds it, declaring
he has nothing to do in the matter of ques-
tioning its legality.
The secretary OF the treasury has award
ed gold medals to the members OF the
Evanston (Ill.) life saving crew for their
heroism in rescuing shipwrecked seamen
last year.
Ir is understood that the war depart
ment intend to take no action in the yexed
question of allowing the use of the gov
eminent pier ut Chicago to private par
ties The act authorizing the secretary
Of war to grant its use is not at all mandl.
tory, and such a rumpus has been kicked
up over it, and the conflicting interests
prove 50 gre, I, that 1t has been determin-
ed to let it alone for the present at least
IuE annual report Of Inspector Gem
era Dumnt, OF the steamboat inSpee-
uon service. shows the total number
oa vessels inspected during the
year 1865: the totd net tonnage 1t
vessels Inspected, 800, $50 s.; the total
number 81 officers licensed. s. 81. Dur
ing the year there weie 81 accidents. re-
sulting III loss Of 245 lives. decrease Il
81 compared with the preceding
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-30
Bursting of a Glacier Dam.

The Marjelen lake, which lies at the
foot of the Eggischhorn, in the upper
Valais, had burst the glacier dam which
lay across the valley, and spreading over
the glacier, poured black mass of mud.
stones and broken ice into the Rhone be-
low. Fortunately there was little water
in the river at the time, otherwise the
consequences might have been calamitous
for the people of the upper Valais. A
peasant who was close to the Lake at The
time declares that the scene was most ter
rible and indescribable. When the ice
dam gave away the vast mass of water
came tumbling out, sweeping away the
huge fragments of the glacier, with the
rocks upon it, tumbling into the crvices,
bursting them in twain, nd rising over the
glacier in gigantic waves, again to carry
all before 1T.
Just at the end of the glacier the valley
had narrowed into little defile, while
the face of the glacier was some hundreds
of feet high The water seemed to have
tunneed under the ice. which, attacked
above and below, gave away at last with
deafening crash, while the food hurried
down the mountain side into the Rhone
The lake was nearly 5000 feet above the
sea level, and usually discharged its sur
plus water by subterranean channels, oc-
casionally bursting It's ice barriers, as on
the present occasion. The cantonal gov
eminent are constructing an overflow
canal which it is hoped will put and end to
these periodical outb1rstS
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-30
FOREIGN.

LONDON has 10000 families that live in
cellars.
THE English Shipping interests are
temporarily Jeoparized by the hostile at
tltude of the sailors.
The discoveries made by Stanley show
that the Nile is the longest river in The
world. being at least 400 miles in
length.
Prince MAMMALIAN, nephew of the
Grand Duke of Baden, will shortly be be-
trothed to Prince Victoria Louisa Schlas-
wig-ilolstein-Sonderbourg-Au gesteboIg.
A VESSEL. with cargo Of gun. cotton
has sailed from Brest for a Russian port.
The gun-cotton is for the use of the Rus
sian government and was sent from a
French government powder factory.
Tue government commission has de-
cided that all future treaties of commerce
concluded by Spain shall have a minimum
of five and maximum of ten years dura-
ton, and that the maximum concession
be rs per cent, of duties under the tariff of
1877.
THE governor of Armenia has stationed
troops in the Christian quarters of the city
of Ernoum to protect the resident who
fear the Moslems intend to ConG4vl an
organized pilage of the quarter Six
Mosems have been arrested on suspicion
of being implicated in plot to rob the
Christians.
THE Neuvieme Sirle of Paris publishes
Boulanger's account of his per-
sonal expenses. After declaring that he
lost the whole of his savings after paying
h fathers debt, besides 100000 francs
for his book Invasion of Germany he
says he sacrificed the retiring pension and
the offer of 100000 francs for lecture
tour in America. He denies that he APP
piled to the Duchess d Uzes or Baron
Maekau for money, but is vague as to the
origin of his resources.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-30
LATEST NEWS CONDENSED.
GENERAL NOTES.

OF every million in the world 800 are
blind
EDIsoN's Photographic doll now speaks
1876 words. Formerly it could speak but
thirty.
CHICAGO is to have another hotel that
in its magnitude will rival the auditorium.
GENERAL SHERMAN goes about New
York almost invariably In the street cars.
As a rule one of his daughters accompan-
les him, and the old warrior, in jumping
on and off the steps, is as young as many
men forty years his junior.
THE sheriff Of Coffee county has
called ON Governor Gordon for troops
to suppress the riot of the negroes
against the whites. Four men are said
to have been killed, but there are no par
ticulars.
The Farmers Review of Chicago, says
"a careful examination Of estimates
furnished 10y our correspondents reveals.the
fact that the corn crop in Michigon and
Wisconsin is larger than that Of last year,
and the returns in Minnesota and Dakota
are almost as large as in 1889.
THE oldest man in the world is proba-
Dll OSllIdfl, VI VI iip
has lived 100 years, and has documents to
prove IT, He is an Arabian wldower, and
is supported by a small pension from the
Sultan.
A FAMILY BIZ the name of Perkins, con-
sisting of wife and four children, passed
through Atchison, Kas., the other ay,
bound for Brown county, Ill. The man
had lost one eye and left arm, the woman
was minus the left arm, one of the child
rem had but one leg, another one was blind
and one sick. He had So in cash, plug
of tobacco, a clay pipe, a yellow dos, and
altogether was as happy and contented as if
he owned half the state.
{. A BAND of Arizona Apaches, evidently
not more than four in number, have been
terrorizing the settlers along the Ari-
zona-New Mexico line for the past
SIX weeks in the western Sierra
and Grant counties; the cavalry has been
scouting for weeks without result. Thus
far four persons have been murdered by
the gang. j. J. Barrira, Mexican in
western Grant county, and has sor, are the
last victims.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-30
TIE MAN IN THE MOON
Some Queer Traditions That are c,u
in Various Countries About Hi

Interesting traditions are enron, a
the various nations of the earth conne ng
Ing the dark spots on Luna's silver sI;ai,
and the shapes into which imaa;na leu
has converted them. In the whnI a'io Na
Eastern ASIA, the people see in those snota
a rabbit or hare; the Chinese. espec'al1s
see a hare pounding rice in mortar'
The oiamese also perceive on part Of tbs
moon mare, In another part a woman Ali
Ing the ground. The North Americrr' ~
dams, too, strangely enough, see ynaw.
ing animal. On the ancient monnmen.,
In Central America the moon appears o. =
Jar on shell whence rabbit-sbaned an;
mai Is springing. In South America -
the contrary. human figure is ,aan
Traditions, from the days OF the Ines -
lates that young girl fell in love win tLo
moon sprang into it and was held cantiva
there. The Samoan islanders perceiva a
woman with her child MANY otbon
Southern nations see a human figure. usn-
ally an old woman who spins or carrisc
burdens. '7'
The Esquimaux have a thoroughly na.
tlonal tradition. One day AIMING, the moon
pursued his sister. the sun. but when ha
had caught her the sun turned and smaara5
his face with SCOT, traces of which still re-.
main. One of the other tribes of North.
western India who regard the montbv
disappearance of the moon as burninc
have connected the spots with this idea
and believe them to be the remains of
ashes. The Scandlnavians had legend of
tneir own, According to the Edda the
noon once carried off two children. as thew
came from the water bearing Jar; they
can still be seen with it.
Some of the beliefs about the wanino
moon are also very singular. The Dakota
Indians, for instance. believe that the
moon IS enawed by mice. The Polynesi-
ans think that the spirits of the dead are
nourished by it. The Hottentots; when
they grow too severe she cover her head
with her hand and hides fr cur eyes
The superstition of the F. ,lmaux is very
Characteristic; when he moon has pur.
sued her course three weeks she grows
weary and hungry, extremely hungry: so
she ret,res and eats nearly, like an Exqui-
mau who has an ample supply of food; 50
for fortnight she g~adually increases in
size until she again rs round and beau
titul through the hea ms.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-30

which had been Redeemed by the blood of
two great nations. took the path to the
village cemetery. The fields bore no mark
of the contest and carnage; the hills at a
little distance, then bristling with guns
and muskets, now were shaded by leafy
trees. Nature had with her kindly heal
ing Indifference, obliteraed all signs of
the terrible struggle which score of years
ago convulsed mid Europe made
friends with young woman who opened
for me the grille of the cemetery. 1t is the
burying place of the village, narrow,
peaceful spot, where the gravel path is
bordered by the simple graves of the neigh
boring peasants, decorated, as is usual in
France, with iron crosses and bead
wreaths Yet flowers were not wanting;
here was thick bed of forget me-nots,
there mass of the same flower, but all
white; one grave grew few roots of rich
dark ransy; appropriate howers-ne
N oubiiez pensees. | walked down the
path to the mausoleum of heroes | came
first to an obelisk erected to the memory
OF five hundred Bavarians who fell on this
heidi beyond 1t Is II stone crypt, to the
roof OF which one can ascend by steps on
either side Then | read AN inscription
teillIS tudt three THOUSAND men, french
and German, were buried under the turf
on which they died, and that now their
bones, exhumed and gathered together
lie exposed to view in this building. |
came down the steps and passed through
an iron gate. A passage of about hun
bred feet in length, airy and well-ighted,
runs from end to end; on either side, shut
In by iron ratings, are compartments
where, on the stone floor, lie the bones of
the three thousand A passage is left up
the middle of each compartment, and on
each side is double row of skulls hanked
by the innumerable other bones once gov
erned by those ghastly skulls / did not
count what have called the 'compart-
ments, but thirk there must be twelve
in all. On the right they are filed with
French remains; on the left with German
The corpses were left seven years beneath
the sod then exhumed and consigned to
this crypt, where they lie in regular order;
first skulls, then arm-bones, eg-bones,
ribs, and all the unclothed frame work of
Door humanity.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-30
Still Rolling.

II has recently been demonstrated that
some articles of merchandise, which have
been before the public of England for the
last half century, are nine times more used
there than all other principal patent medi-
cines put together. We refer to Beecham's
Pills, which in order to meet the wishes
and requirements expressed by Americans,
many of whom already know their value,
are now introduced in such thorough man.
ner that no home need be without them in
America. We believe this shrewd aud dis
corning people will soon join in the uniyer-
sal testimony that they "are worth guinea
box" although they can be purchased of
druggists for but twenty-five cents. These
pills are round and will therefore roll. They
have already rolled into every English
speaking country in the world, and they are
still rolling All suffering from indigestion,
tlatuency, constipation, and all other forms
of stomach and liver troubles, have now
this famous and inexpensive remedy within
their reach; but should they find, upon in
quiry, that their druggist does not keep
Beechams Pills, they can send twenty-five
cents to the General Agents for the United
States, b. L. Allen II Co. S65 Canal Street,
New York City, who will promptly mail
them to any address,
Mackinaw Island, Mich, has some queer
people Enias Pelotte is eighty-six years
old, was born on the island and has never
seen locomotive or railroad car. Rosa
Louisiguaw is also eighty-siX years old and
for sixty years never left the island, breaking
her record last year.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-30

THIs is the point upon winch the United
States circuit court at Topeka, Kan. bases
its decision that the enactment of the Will
son original package law 10y congress does
not give the prohibitory laws of Kansas
any greater power over the sale of import
ed liquors than it did before: The pro-
hibitory law of the state of Kansas, where
it touched upon interstate commerce, was
no law at all at the time of its enactment
or since. For it must be kept in mind
that legislative act in conflict with the
constitution is not only illegal or voidable,
but il is absolutely void. 1t is as if never
enacted, and no subsequent change of the
constitution removing the restriction could
validate i! or breathe into it the breath of
life. Consequently the whole question is
re-opened again if that decision is to stand
and all prohibitory and license laws as
well must he re-rnaced before liquor sell
ing in imported original packages can be
stopped. Already saloons of that charac-
ter are being established in various parts
OF Kansas, and the fact has given oppor-
tunity for the republican party of the
state to issue an appeal, that may prove
very effective, calling on prohibitionists
to abandon their ticket and make possible
the election Of legislature which rc-enact
the prohibition statutes, Andapparently,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-30
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

A PORTION of the Youngstown Ohio,
rolling mill plant was burned Saturday
night The loss is sl00,00Cs
FIRE at East Pepperell, Mass. early
Friday morning, destroyed property worth
100000 Several hundred persons are
thrown out of employment.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-30
KILLED IN A WAY.
Joseph Burnett of GAINESVILLE Loses His
Life in an Accident.

JANEsvIILE, Wis, Oct. 23.-Joseph
BURNETT aged 60 years. was killed by
falling from his wagon while his team was
running away this morning. He was
thrown ont and dragged some distance
and most Of bis clothing was stripped from
his body lie leaves d wife and two
children. who reside near this city, and
one son liy- in Milwaukee. The. accl-
dent happene, one mile west OF tins
city.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-30

THE farmers of Brown county, 5. d.,
have appealed for help, say ing that the
crop failures have left them destitute;
"our fuel Is gathered from the pastures,
our clothing is thin and worn, and our
farms and stock are mortgaged to such an
extent that no further loans can be secured
on Them" This is much the Sd me story
sent cut from Dakota last year. The dis
contented young men on tn farms OF
New England should find in these appeals
much to be needed
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-30

year. Of the accidents, II resulted from
collisions and 102 of the lives lost were by
drowning. OF the number of lives lost, 65
were passengers and $50 officers or per-
sons employed on the steamers. Fully
500, 000, 900 passengers were carried on
steam vessels during the fiscal year.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-30
STAND ASIDE AND SUFFER,

not only the men who lay down their lives,
but the women who lay down their hearts
on tie battle field Twenty years hal
softenpd every harshness; the old guide
was calm, aud made happy BY a few
francs tie air blew sweet, the grass shone
green. the flowers bloomed over the sod
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-30

CAHE G1RApEAU, Mo-, Oct. % Two
shocks Of earthquake occurred here at 6:lo
this morning The buildings, furniture,
crockery. etc. were visibly affected.